RING-TAILED EAGLE. 
The Ring-Tailed Eagle, or Falco Fulvus 
of Linnaeus, is described by Buffon, as con- 
sisting of two varieties; tbe Brown Eagle, 
and the Black Eagle » 
Aristotle has not distinguished them by 
name and it appears that he classed them 
under the denomination of MeAaivatro? ; that 
is, Black, or Blackish Eagle. He properly 
separates this species from the Golden Eagle, 
because it difFers — First, in size ; the Ring- 
Tailed Eagle, whether Black or Brown, be- 
ing smaller than the Golden Eagle — Secondly, 
by the colours ; which are constant in the 
Golden Eagk, but vary in the Ring-Tailed 
Eagle — Thirdly, by it'*s cry; the Golden Ea- 
gle often uttering a doleful plaint, while the 
Ring-Tailed Eagle seldom screams — Fourth- 
ly, by it's natural dispositions;, the Ring- 
Tailed Eagle feeding all it's young in the nest, 
training them, and condu6ling them, to prey 
after they arc partly grown;, wliile the GoU 
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