N°82. Red-throated F. N°9i. Orange-breafted H.
83- Speckled B. 92. Spotted-tailed PL
84. American Brown H. 93. Merlin.
8f- Sparrowhawk. A. New York M.
A. Spotted Sp. B. Caribbee M.
B. White Sp. C. Falconers M.
86. Pigeon H. 94. Little F.
87. Guiana F. 95. Saint Domingo F*.,
88. Ingrian F. 96. Minute F.
89. Great-billed F; 97. Bengal F.
90. Hobby. 98. Siberian F.
P'jpHE bill is hooked, and. furnilhed with a waxy fkin at the bale»,
called the cere..
The head and neck thickly befet with feathers»..
The tongue bifid at the end..
This is the Limaan definition. Mr. Pennant * adds : f
Noftrils ftnall, oval,.placed in the cere.
Legs and feet fcaly; middle toe conne&ed to the outmoft,.,
as far as the firft joint,.by a ftrong membrane..
Claws large,, much hooked, and very fharp ; that of the outer
toe the leaft.
The female larger and ftronger than the male.*.
This genus of birds is fo well known, that fcarcely any one
is at a lofs. where to place any fpecies. he-lhall fee. The only
miiftake that dan happen,, is in confounding it. with the firft.
genus, for the reafons therein mentioned. The chief charafte-
riftics are the bill and claws; being both o f them very hooked and .
• Genera of Birds, 1773, p, 2;
lharp. The luxury of thefe, for the moft part, is to kill their own
prey, and eat it while frelh.— Both this and the Vulture will often
take in as much food as will laft for many days without a
frelh fupply; and nature has likewife enabled it to bear a
very long abftinence in turn. — Their food is not always
flelh; many of the fpecies eat filh, and others are content
with fnakes and reptiles, as will be noted in it’s place. —
They are apt to vary much in the plumage, according to age;
which has been the occafion of enumerating more fpecies
than really exift.— It is obferved, that every climate is fur-
nilhed with them, not being confined, like the Vulture, to the
warmer regions. — I cannot find that the Falcon tribe ever
unites into companies; and, except in breeding-time, feldom
two are feen together. The method taken in arranging thefe,
will be chiefly according to their fizes *, beginning at the largeft,
and ending with the leaft; as Linnaus's, method of feparating
them from each other by the colour of the cere, muft frequently
deceive, being known to vary in birds of the fame fpecies.
Falco coronatus, Lin.SyJl. i. p. 124. N* j . t .
L’Aigle hupe d’Afrique, Brif. on. i. p, 448. N° 14. ' ^E AG LE ^
Crowned Eagle, Ed*w. iii. t. 224.
^jrHIS bird is one third lefs in fize than the large Eagles. The D escription.
bill and cere are ferruginous: the irides orange red: fore
part -of the head, and round the eyes, whitilh : parts above
* Not to a nicety in refpeft to their gradation by length.
E 2 brown,