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FALCO ALB1CILLA. 
CINEREOUS EAGLE. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Cere and feet yellow; quill-feathers white, 
Ihe middle ones tipt with black. 
SYNONYMS. 
Vultur Albicilla, Linnaeus. 
Falco Albicilla, Gmelin. 
Le Grand Pygargue, Buffon. 
White-tailed Eagle, Willughby, Bewick. 
Cinereous Eagle, Pennant, Latham, Lew- 
in, Shaw, Montagu. 
PROVINCIAL — GREAT ERNE, 
Linnseus originally classed this bird with 
the Vultures ; but as Gmelin, in his edition 
of Sir Charles's work, has placed it with the 
Falcons, we have followed his example. 
The Cinereous Eagle measures in length 
two feet eight inches and a half ; in breadth 
six feet ten inches and a half ; and weigh* 
seven pounds six ounces. 
