the edges, of the feathers yellowiih : acrofs.the wings, and great
part of the quills, the colour darker than in the reft of the
wing: tail cinereous ; the- bafty the middle, and end black, or
very dark brown ; the. very .tip beneath white: the chin and throat
of a ferruginous yellow: bread and belly the fame, but blotched ir-,
regularly with black, or dark"brown : the edge of the wing ferruginous
and black* mixed: legs ftrong and aquiline: claws large and
black.
This bird was drawn, as-if of a large fize; fróm.what place not.
mentioned..
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WHITE
Ev
L’Aigle blaitc, Brif. urn. i. p. 424. N° 3.-
-Aquila. alba cjrgne»,. Klein Hiß.av. p. 42., N° 7»-
White Eagle, Chari, onom. p, 63. N° 9.
Description. jßR IS SO N defcribcs this bird to be as big as thé Golden Eagle,;
and wholly as white as fnow*-andlnhiäbits the Alpe, and thé
rocks on the borders of the Rhine-.
M. Buffon. is o f opinion that all White Eagles are varieties
only, and in courle this lliouki not have place as a diftinft ipe-
cies; but as the firft-mentioned author has thought fit to make
it fo, I here retain it on his authority..
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LOUISIANE
WHITE
E.
[DESCRIPTION.
White Eagle, Du Pratx. Hiß. .Louif.-. vol. -ii. p,
■ ■ " ■ Amer. Zool• N°
^T'HI-S, he. fays, is fmaller than thé Eagle of the Alp's, but
more handfome, being nearly white, except the ends of the
quills, which are black.: it is. reckoned a-rare bird, and efteemedmuch
much by the natives, who purchafe the quill-feathers at a dear
rate, to make the fymbol of peace*, of which thefe feathers, com-
ppfe the fan part.
UAigl-e’ tachdie, Rrif.qni. i. p. 425. N® 4.
Le petit Aigle, Buf.oif. i. p. 91,
Stein Adler, FrifcB. t. 71.
Rough-footed Eagle, Chari.onom. p. 63. N° 6. .
M i o f a large .cook : length two feet feven inches and a half»
Cere ye l l o w i r i s the fame : general colour of the bird is -
dull ferruginous, j beneath the wing's- and thighs fpotted with •
white j under tail-coverts white: legs, covered to the toes with
dull ferruginous feathers, fpotted with white ? legs yellow: claws ,
black..
This-bird inhabits Europe* and lives .chiefly on Rats
* Mr. Du Pratx tells us in the firft volume, that this fymbol of peace,:,
called the Calumet of Peace, conlifis of a tube or pipe of a foot and half, or more,
in length, covered with the lkin of the neck of a beautiful-coloured, duck ; at
one end is fixed a kind of fan, compofed of the quill-feathers of the White -
Eagle, in lhape about one quarter of a circle ; at the end of each feather is
fmall tuft of hair dyed of a red colour.. The. other, end is. naked,, in .or.dex .to i
fnioke at.
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EOUGHEOOTED
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