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ROOM XI. landic and ^uchite gerfalcons are only varieties of 
Nat. Hist, plumage). Amongthe other species of this genus 
are the golden eagle (adult, and in that state of 
plumage in which it is called the ring-tailedeagle^ 
together with the chick in two states of growth), 
the cinereous sea-eagle (the varieties of which 
have been distinguished as two species,named the 
XL'hite-tailed and common or cinereous eagle)^ the 
goshaxck (young of the second year, in which 
state only it appears to have been noticed in Eng¬ 
land),theAo72(?j/-^z/^-^<7rt/(inthreedifterent states), 
the rough-legged buzzard (of which the rough¬ 
legged falcon is only a variety), the ash-coloured 
and the common or hen-harrier (the female of 
which is the ring-tail of authors). The species 
of the genus Stria:, the nocturnal birds of prey of 
this order, consist of the snow^ owl, or Imrfang, 
the aluco oxvl, the xchite, the short-eared, and the 
little oxcl, or cheveche. 
The second order Pier (Case 7, upper shelves) 
is composed of birds with climbing feet, with 
ambulatory, and (in the Linnean phrase) with 
gressorial or stepping feet: of the first division are 
the wood-peckers, and the xvry-neck; m the se¬ 
cond we have the nut-hatch (partaking of the ge¬ 
neral character of the wood-peckers and the tit¬ 
mice), the hoopoo, and the creeper ; in the third 
the bee-eater (a specimen of which was lately 
killed in Devonshire) and the king*s-fshei\ 
The third order Coraces or Ravens (Cases 7 
AND 8, lower shelves) comprises those with scan- 
sorial 
