PLAINTIVE EAGLE. 
THE annexed figure of this elegant bird, is 
drawn fkr>m a fine specimen brought to Eng- 
land bf the late Dr. Forsten 
It is a native of the Antarctic regions ; and 
was found, by Capt. Cook, at Terra del Fuego : 
bat, though it is generally called the Plaintive 
jEagle, and is of a stout aquiline form, natura- 
lists are by no means agreed that it is in fact 
an Eagle. Gmelin, it is true, considers it as 
jan Eagle; and, in his edition of the Systema 
jNaturse of Linnaeus, denominates it the Falco 
jPIancus. Latham, too, in his Synopsis, at 
first, called it the Plaintive Eagle; but, after- 
wards, in his Index Ornithologicus, &c. the 
Vultur Plancus, or Plaintive Vulture. It ap- 
pears to us, as it has done to some respectable 
naturalists, that this bird is rather of an inter- 
I mediate race, between the Vulture and the 
Eagle, than either of the two; and, therefore, 
[that it may be classed among the Gypaeti, or 
| Bastard Eagles, of which there are several spe- 
cies. 
