■RING-TAILED EAGLE. 
hazel-coloured ; and the pupil is black. Be^ 
tween the bill and the eyes there are spaces 
of bare skin of a dirty hue, -thinly set with 
small black hairs ; the head and neck are in- 
vested with narrow brown feathers, ending in 
fharp points ; and the whole body is covered 
with dusky brown feathers, darker on the 
back, and lighter on the uaider side. The 
breast is marked with white triangular spots in 
the middle of each feather ; the covert fea- 
thers of the wings are of the same colour as 
those of the body ; the quills or fiag-feathers 
of the wings are black ; and a few of the 
quills in the first row of coverts next the 
back are variesfated with transverse lines of a 
darker and lighter colour. The tail, which is 
of an equal length with the wings when 
closed, is white ; except the tip of the fea- 
thers, which are black or dark brown, and 
the covens under the tail are a reddish brown 
or bav. The thighs are invested with dark 
brown feathers of a very loose texture, 
through which a white down in some places 
appears ; and the legs are covered, quite to 
the feet, with a soft reddish-brown plumage. 
Tiierc are four toes on each foot, veiy thick 
and 
