CROWNED EAGLE. 
gained by the above mentioned figure and name, 
1 consider it as a bird that, till now, has neither 
been figured nor described." 
BufFon, in his account of Foreign Birds re- 
lated to the Eagles and Ospreys, seems to think 
the Crowned Eagle of the same species as the 
Urutaurana of Brasil, or Ysquauthli of Mexi- 
co, called by European travellers the Oronooco 
Eagle. He observes that, of the Crowned 
Eagle, *' Edwards gives an elegant coloured 
figure, and an excellent description. The dis- 
tance," he adds between Brasil and Africa, 
which scarcely exceeds four hundred leagues, 
is not too great a journey to be performed bv 
a bird of an aerial flight ; and, therefore, it is 
possible that it may be found on both coasts. 
The charafters are sufficient to decide the iden- 
tity of the species: both have a sort of crests, 
whicli they can depress at pleasure, and both 
are nearly of the same size. In botli, ih-z 
phur.:ige is variegated, and similarlv marked 
with spots ; the iris is of a bright orange; the 
bill is blackish ; the legs are covered to the feet 
"with feathers, marked with black and white ; 
the toes arc yellow ; and the claws are brown 
or 
