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BIRDS. ACCIFITRES. 
Pernis. 
Eggs 3 or 4. In the young, the feathers of the head are more rounded, and 
destitute of longitudinal dark stripes Feeds on reptiles and dead fish. Is 
stationary in Britain. 
Sir Robert Sibbald enumerates, in his list of Scottish Birds (Scot. lU. p. 15.), 
a ‘‘ Milvus niger^ a black gled. An Lanius ?” This is probably the Falco ater 
of Gmelin and Temminck. It differs from the precedmg in the head and 
throat, being striped with white and brown. The plumage above, deep grey- 
ish brown. The tail with nine pale bands. Bfil black; irides greyish black j 
cere and feet yellow. 
The Falco furcatus of Linnteus, occurred to the late Dr Walker, at Bal- 
lachulish, in Argylesliire, in 1772, as recorded in his Adversaria for 1772, p. 87, 
and 1774 , p. 153. A description of another example, taken near Hawes, in 
Wensley Dale, Yorkshire, was communicated to the Linnean Society, 4th No- 
vember 1823, by W. Fothergill, Esq. This species belongs to the genus Elanus 
of Savigny. It is white, with the v/ings and tail black ; the two exterior fea- 
thers of the latter much produced. It inhabits Carolina and Brazil, and may 
be regarded as a rare straggler in Europe. « 
I 
Gen. X. PERN IS. Honey-Buzzard — Tarsi balf-feathered | 
and reticulated. ? 
17 . P. apivorus . — Plumage brown above; brown and white^ J 
beneath ; the head grey. 
Butio apivorus. Will. Om. 39 — Falco ap., Linn. Syst. i. 130. Fenn. Brit. " 
Zool. i. 190. Temm. Orn. i. 6J — F, Capped Buzzard — W, Bod y mel. H 
— In England, rare. 
Length 23, breadth 52 inches ; weight 31 ounces. BiU, cere, gape, and 
claws black ; irides and feet yellow. Quills 24 ; secondaries with alternate 
rays of blackish-brown and bluish-grey. Tail long, with transverse bars. In 
the female., the plumage is spotted. Breeds in trees. Eggs grey, with ob- " 
scure spots. In a nest, robbed at Selborne, there was one egg smaller, and " 
not so round as the common buzzard ; dotted at each end with small red spots, 
and surrounded in the middle with a broad bloody zone ; — White’s Selb. i. 187. 
Young birds have the cere yellow; the head spotted with brown and white. 
— Feeds 011 bees, wasps, reptiles, and small birds. — Probably only a summer 
visitant. 
Gen. XI. AQUILA. Eagle. — Wings, when at rest, equal 
to the tail in length. 
18. A. Clirysaetos. Golden Eagle.— -Tarsi feathered to the 
toes. The last joints of all the toes furnished with only three 
scales. 
Chrysaetos, Will. Orn. 27- Sihh. Scot. 14. Fenn. Brit. Zool. i. 162. — Fal- 
co fulvus, Temm. Orn. i. 38 — PF, Eryr melyn, Eryr tinwyn ; G, Solair 
dhubh— Inhabits mountainous ^stricts. Breeds in Orkiir^y. 
Length 36, breadth 88 inches ; weight about 12 pounds. Bill dusky ; irides 
brown ; cere and feet yellow. The acuminated feathers on the head and neck ^ 
bright rust colour. The rest of the plumage dusky brov/n. The feathers on ^ 
the thighs and legs of a light colour. Tail rounded, longer than the wings, 
of a deep grey, clouded with dark-brown ; a band of the latter occurring at the 
extremity. Breeds in high precipices. Eggs 2 or 3 ; dusky white, with red- “ 
dish blotches. The plumage of the young is darker, and the basal half of the . 
