THE EAGLE. 
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legs^naked 0 ^ ^ Wi "^ S blac ^* s,1 > the tail-feathers white; the 
The black, or ring-tailed eagle : blackish : the head and 
upper neck mixed with red ; the tail-feathers, the first half 
white, speckled with black ; the other half blackish • the 
leg- feathers dirty white. It inhabits Europe 
brown tfn incl i ,ling 10 ' vllile ’ n, ixed with iron 
oiown; belly white, with iron coloured spots- the coven 
of the tail whitish ; the tetil.fet.tfe.l blacE '. ’.h. 
extremity ; the upper part of the leg-feathers of an iron 
• 18 somew l,lt smaller than the golden ea«le, and 
ls round m most parts of the world. ° ’ 
Iheorar^: brown above; white below; the back of 
sidp h f d i Wl ! lte - ; , the outward tail-feathers, on the inner 
-/h^;S^!:.: vlute; legs naketl - h is near, - v aski s e 
snmllVf^ blanC: above > brownish grey; below, white 
and at iheV t 1 "”^ bl j Qwn ’ tbe tail-feathers on the outside’ 
with brown • b, ' own 0,1 llie "l-siile, white, streaked 
weighs L> naked ; * ts len S t!l is about two feet, and it 
ounces It ;■ ee P 0l *nds four ounces to three pounds seven 
where ‘ It m f ,v° m - rnon ,n France ' b,u is ra 'ely known else- 
. The eagle on£lT\ } ? ath > &C ' 
m the Winers , n ;, J , black,sb brown ; ash colour mixed 
The U eat lers vv!llte; le S s nak ed. 
brown; below- : wit , b a t0 PP in g above, blackish 
Iow ; tail-feathers ! as P° Uccl Wlth black; upper neck yel- 
^ w?,,, b »: w “' 1 " ,lme c,rcl “- 
f Wlll ‘ 11 iopping : the tail of 
The f«4 »f rt d ,° n tbe l, PP er Slde with black. 
"5 1 fii-ihaiiSluu' ,he “ 
whichis^ , tlUSe ? aUtbo !' s have enumerated the Chinese eagle 
of dark brown beautd,d bird, of a reddish brown, with a bar 
liJZS ,h ,be '" kU ' le -f ll » ™S i •!« 
the oriental ,*7 a P a ” ese T ea g le > which is finely. variegated • 
Astraca-rh!^' fg/ey the fierce eagfe, from 
# » lh * Pl™uive eagle , from Terra del Fufgo ; tile 
fea*thl^ 'of tb"^,t 0 c tL fca ,V ,er r which , hide '>»■ base of the qaiU . 
Wmg coverts. Tl lc leaser J.! 1 16 ess f, r ’ .'be preater, and the under- 
mvs on the bones of the the feathe, ' s "’'ich lie in several 
immediately over the quills afw..i f^r coverts are those winch lie 
“ le second joint ; the - ‘T 6 !' P 1 ? secondaries, or quills of 
S h T? be proper* fo* S ZZ ZZ* " f the term 
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