FALCONID^. 



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Sp- 2. Ci. cinereus. 



Faico cinereus. Vieil. Gal. des Ois. p/. 1 1 . 



GENUS XII.— AQUILA 



Rostrum supra subangulare ; 



Qiares rotundatse; ceroma 



subhispidum. 

 Tarsi usque ad digitos plu- 



mati. 



Auctorum. EAGLE. 



Bealc somewhat angular 

 above ; nostrils rounded ; 

 ceroma rather hisped. 



Tarsi clothed with feathers 

 to the toes. 



The Eagles are the largest and most powerful of 

 the Falconidse ; they frequent mountainous regions, 

 and subsist on birds and quadrupeds. 



Sp. ]. Aq. heliaca. Savigny, Ois. d'T.gypte, j^l. 12. 



Falco fulvus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 7 1 . — Falco melanaetos. Shatv, 

 V. vii. p. 74. — Falco Mogilnik. Shatv, v. vii. p. 87. — Falco 

 Astrakanus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 85 ? — Falco melanotos. Shaw, 

 V. vii. ^.86 ? — The temperate regions of Europe and Asia. 

 Sp. 2. Aq. chrysaeta. 



Falco chrysaetos. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 75. pi. 17. — Britain and 

 other parts of Europe. 

 Sp. 3. Aq. naevia. 



Falco nsevius. Shaw, v. vii. p. 84. — Europe. 

 Sp. 4. Aq. bellicosa. Daudin. 



Falco armiger. Shaxjo, v. vii. p. 57. — Africa. 

 Sp. 5. Aq. pennata. 



Falco pennatus. Shaw, v, Yii. p. 146. — Temm. Pi. Col. 33, — 

 Africa. 



Sp. 6. Aq. Malayensis. 



AQ.Jusco-nigra, rectricihis lunulis alhidis. 

 Brown-black Eagle with whitish lunules on the tail-feathers. 

 Falco Malaiensis. Reinw. — Temm. PL Col. 117. 



Inhabits the Indian Archipelago. All the plu- 

 mage of the adult bird is sooty-brown, more or less 

 dusky, according to the age of the individual, and 



