CRdWNED EAGLE. 
the head and neck, the back and wings, are ot 
a dark brown or blackish colour, the outer 
edges of the feathers being of a light-brown. 
The quills axe darker than the other feathers 
of the wings. Tlie ridge in the upper part, 
and the tips of some of the lesser covert- 
feathers of the wings, are white. The tail is 
of a browm colour, barred across with black ; 
and, on it's under side, appears of a dark and 
lio^ht ash-colour. The breast is of a reddish 
to 
brown, with large transverse black spots on 
it's sides. The belly, and covert-feathers un- 
der the tail, are white, spotted with blackr 
The thighs, and legs, down to the feet, are co- 
vered with white feathers, beautifully spotted 
with round black spots. The feet and claws 
are very strong, llie feet are covered with 
scales of a bright orange-colour ; the claws are 
black. It raises the feathers on the hinder 
part of the head in the form of a crest, or 
Crown, from which it takes it's name." 
Edwards observes, that he saw this bird 
alive, in 1752, at Bartholomew Fair, where lie 
made a drawing of it. I'he keeper told him^ 
that it came from the Coast of Guinea; which 
account 
