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I faw this bird alive in Bartholomew Fair, 
London, in 1752, where I made a drawing 
of it. Its keeper told me it was brought 
from the coal! of Guiney in Africa ; which 
account I believe, having been fince con- 
firmed in it by Mr. Penwold, a gentleman 
who lives on Garlick-Hill, London, where 
I faw two others of this very fpecies of 
bird brought from Guiney. Barbot, in his 
defcription of Guiney, &c. fol. London, 
A. D. 1746, p. 218, mentions a bird he 
calls the Crowned Eagle. All he fays of it 
is as follows : “ Eagles are not wanting, nor 
“ do they differ from thofe we have in 
<£ Europe; yet fome are not altogether 
££ like them. The print reprefen ts one of 
££ this latter fort, which is pretty fcarce 
££ to be found any where, unlefs in the 
<c province of Acra, and is there called the 
“ Crowned Eagle.” Nothing can be de- 
termined from what Barbot fays of this 
bird, without his print referred to, which 
has the creft raifed on the head, much in 
the fame manner as it appears in my figure. 
Barbot’s figure is very rude and incorredf, 
having no marks or fpots. Aftley, in his 
Collection of Voyages, voh II. p. 722, 
has given Barbot’s defcription and figure of 
the fame bird : but as very little knowledge 
of this bird has been gained by the above- 
mentioned figure and name, I confider it as 
a bird that till now has neither been figured 
or defcribed. 
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fie rencontrai cet oifeau en vie , a la foire 
de la S. Barthelemi , d Londres, en 1752, ou 
je le definai : il venoit des cotes d' Afrique, a 
ce que me dit fon maitre, et je le crois , cela 
m ay ant etc confirme depnis par M. Penwold , 
qui demeure d Londres , dans un endroit ap - 
pelle Garlick-hilly chez qui fen ai vu deux 
de cette meme efpece exaBement, qui venoient de 
la cote de Guinee . Barbot parle dans fa de - 
Jcription de Guinee * dun oifeau qiiil appelle 
£ Aigle Couronne. Void le peu quil en dit : 
££ Les Aigles riy manquent pas , et ils ne font 
££ pas differ ents de ceux qu on a en Europe ; 
££ cependant il y en a quelques uns qui ne 
“ font pas tout-a-f ait de meme. L'empreinte 
££ en reprefente un de cette derniere efpece , 
££ qui fe trouve rarement ailleurs que dans la 
<£ province d'Acra, ou on £ appelle I'Aigle 
£t confound' On ne pent rien conclurre de 
ce que dit Barbot touchant cet oifeau , d moins 
que d' avoir recours d la figure qiiil en dome, 
qui a la crete relevee fur la tefe, dune ma- 
nure tres peu dffcrente de cede dont elk efi 
exprimee dans ma figure : cede de Barbot efi 
tres gr offer e et tres inexaBe, nay ant ni mar- 
ques ni t aches. Ajlky a copie dans fon Re- 
cueil de Voyages la figure et la defcription de 
Barbot -j-; mais comme on ne retire prefqu ducun 
avantage de Pune et de £ autre pour la con- 
no ffance de cet oifeau, je le confider e comme 
un oifeau, qui navoit point encore ete define 
ni decrit. 
* Imprimee a Londres, 1746, fol. voy. pag. 218. 
■f Aftley’s Collection, &c. tom. II. pag. 72a. 
