AQUILA CORONATA. 
of pure white or bright reddish orange ; and the feathers of the belly and the 
tail coverts are tipped with one or other of these colours. Thighs externally 
velvet-black, the feathers tipped and partially barred with white ; the tarsi 
and thighs internally deep umber-brown, tipped and barred with white. Tail 
coloured as in the adult. Base of lower mandible, edges of upper towards 
the angle of the mouth, and the toes, yellow ; the other parts of the bill and 
claws horn colour, the latter lightest. 
Form, &c.— Figure rather more massive than that of the male, the feathers 
of the crest rounded at the points ; in other respects the description of the 
male will apply to the female. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Inches. Lines. 
Length from the point of the bill to 
the tip of the tail 37 0 
of the bill from the angle of 
the mouth 2 
of the wings when folded 20 6 
of the tail 16 0 
Inches. Lines. 
Length of the tarsus 5 0 
of the outer toe 1 6 
of the middle toe 2 0 
of the inner toe 1 2 
of the hinder toe 1 1 
of the hinder claw 3 1 
There is every reason to believe that this is the bird figured as the “ Imperial Eagle of 
Africa,” in Griffith’s Animal Kingdom, and if so, it is an inhabitant of both Western and 
Southern Africa, and has a similar range as Aquila bellicosa, which is found at Sierra Leone, 
as well as at the Cape of Good Hope. In South Africa it inhabits the same districts as the 
last-named species, and is only to be distinguished from it, when flying, by the comparative 
shortness and roundness of its wings, and the great length of its tail. By these peculiarities it 
is also readily distinguished from the other or more common species when in the hand ; and 
if further proofs of difference are required, the markings of the tail and the character of the 
crest will supply ample evidence of its being a distinct species. In A. coronata, there are only 
three lio-ht-coloured bars to the tail, and all of these upon the last half of it; while m A. 
bellicosa there are seven light-coloured bars, part of them on the first half. The crest, in the 
first-mentioned, is strongly developed at all ages; in the last it is only rudimentary, both 
in youth and in advanced age. It feeds, like its congener, upon small quadrupeds, &c., but 
is not so active in seizing them, probably owing to the greater imperfection of its wings. It 
builds its nest on lofty trees, and lays two eggs. 
