AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
RING-TAILED EAGLE. 
FJILCO FULVUS. 
[Plate LV. — Fig. 1.] 
Linn. Syst, 125 . — Black Eagle^ Arct. Zool. p. 195, Ab. 87. Id. Yelloxv-headed Eagle? No. 
86,2). — Lath. I, 32, No. 6. Ideniy Golden Eaglcy p. 31, No. B. — fVhite-taded Eagle^ 
Edw. I, 1. — L^Aigle Commwiy Buff, I, 86. PI. Enl. 409, 410. — Bewick, I, p. 49. — 
Ind. Orn. 1, No. 4, fulvus ; No. 8, c/irysaetos; No. 26, melanonotus ? : No. 3, melancectus ? 
Peale’s Museuniy No. 84; Ab. 85, young. 
THE reader is now presented with a portrait of this celebrated 
Eagle, drawn from a fine specimen shot in the county of Montgo- 
mery, Pennsylvania. The figure here given, tho reduced to one- 
third the size of life, is strongly characteristic of its original. With 
respect to the habits of the species, such particulars only shall be 
selected as are well authenticated, rejecting whatever seems vague, 
or savours too much of the marvellous. 
This noble bird, in strength, spirit and activity, ranks among 
the first of its tribe. It is found, tho sparingly dispersed, over the 
whole temperate and arctie regions, particularly the latter ; breed- 
ing on high precipitous rocks ; always preferring a mountainous 
country. In its general appearance it has so great a reseniblance 
to the Golden Eagle, that I do not hesitate to consider them the 
same. When young, the color of the body is considerably lighter, 
but deepens into a blackish brown as it advances in age. 
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