RlNtJ-TAILET> EAGLE, 
cannot be denied ; yet, we apprehend, they 
are still distindl species. 
The Black Eagle, termed by Frisch, 
Schwartz-braune Adler, or the Black-Brown 
Eagle, which BufFon ranges with the Ring- 
Tailed Eagle, is esteemed by Linnseus a diffe- 
rent species, under the name of Falco Me- 
lan^etus. 
The specific character giveii by Linnsus of 
the Falco Fulvus, or Ring-Tailed Eagle, is 
this — It^s cere is yellow, it's feet are wool- 
ly, and dull rust-coloured-; and it's tail is 
marked with a white ring. The Brown Ea- 
gle was stated, in the tenth edition of the Svs- 
tcma Naturae, as a distincfi species, by th-e 
name of Falco Canadensis, and described as 
** having a yellow cere ; it^s feet woolly ; it's 
body dusky coloured ; and it's tail white, tip- 
ped with brown," In the twelfth and subse- 
cjuent editions, however, it is considered as 
merely a variety. The spaces between If s 
eyes and it^s ears are naked ; and it's breast is 
sprinkled with triangular spots, J 
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