RING-TAII> EAGLE. 
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this eagle for the chase of hares, foxes, wolves, 
Welopes, &c. and that they esteem the leathers of the 
j^he best for pliimiug their arrows. The ring-tail 
^■fle is characterized by all as a generous spirited and 
ocile bird ; and various extraordinary incidents are 
^®lated of it by different writers, not, however, suffi- 
. 'ently authenticated to deserve repetition. The truth 
' the solitary habits of the eagle now before ns, the 
^**1 iiiaccessifile cliffs to which it usually retires, united 
, *th the scarcity of the s^iecics in those regions inhabited 
. y loan, all combine to render a particular knowledge of 
, ®aauncrs very difficult to be obtained. The author 
Once or twice, observed this bii'd sailing along the 
l|Hie declivities of the white mountains of No\y llarap- 
np'ir’ in October, and again, over the highlands 
Hudson’s River, not iar from West Point, its ilight 
®®sy, ill high circuitous sweeps; its broad white 
h, tippeiP witlf brown, expanded hkc a tan. Near the 
.“Elements on Hudson’s Bav, it is more common, and 
’’*said' ■ ■ 
"hich 
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^aid to prey on hares, and the various species of grouse 
‘’i .t iS* . 1 - 4-1 . <.<i cvl'i 
ea 1 *^^* ®hound there. Buftbn observes, that, though other 
en^ also prey upon hares, this s|)ecies is a more fatal 
to those timid animals, which are the constant 
yI'I®®! of their search, and the ]irey which they ])refer. 
^ ‘® Latins, after Pliny, termed the eagle Valeria quasi 
iTf ^iribiis, because of its strengtb, which appears 
sizp tLat of the other eagles in proportion to its 
1 The ring-tail eagle measures nearly three feet in 
."Sth ; the bill is of a brownish horn isilour ; the cere, 
tLe mouth, and feet, yellow; iris ot the eye, 
hn,zol the ove tiinieil eoii^'hleruhly foiMdids, 
Tt'brow remarkably prominent, projecting over the 
j-,'®. and giviiiir a peculiar sternness to the aspect ot the 
- 7 ! the crovvn is flat ; the plumage of the head, throat, 
th .*^®®h, long and jiointed ; tlnit on the upper part of 
.. * head and neck, very pale ferruginous ; fore part of 
^‘.® erowii, black ; all the pointed feathers are shafted 
^.!ti‘ black; whole upper parts, dark blackish broiin; 
black; tail, rounded, long, of a white, or pale 
