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SPOTTED
E.
Morphno congener, RailJyn, p. 7. N° 7.
-- —■■■■ ■ ■■ ■ Will. orn. p. 63.
. Br. Muf.
D escription. T H E length <5f this bird is two feet. The bill is large,
hooked, and b la c k: cere y e llow: all the parts above
are of a deep rufty brown colour : the feathers, on the head and
neck are very narrow, like thofe of the Kite, pale at the ends, and
for fome way down the lhafts: the fcapular feathers, and wing-
coverts, are each marked with an oval whitilh fpot at the end,
which fpots become larger as they are lower on the wings; and
in the greater coverts they occupy almoft the whole breadth o f
the feather, giving the wings a moft beautiful appearance : the
feathers on the middle o f the back are likewife fpotted, but o f a
pale buff-colour. The greater quills are deep brown, plain,
nearly black; fecondaries the fame, but tipped with dirty white;
thofe neareft the body have the end for near an inch white: the
upper tail-coverts dirty white: the tail deep brown, tipped with
dirty white: belly and vent dark brown, ftreaked with dirty
pale buff: thighs brown, ftriped down the lhafts from the middle
to the end o f each feather with white: legs feathered to the
toes, which are yellow : claws black.
O bservation. If I am not miftaken, this bird will prove to be the Morphno congener
o f Aldrovandus; which I have ventured to affert at the beginning,
and which may be feen by comparing the above with
what Willughby fays o f it, adding that the iris is cinereous.
Both M. Briffon and M. de Buffon join this with the fynonyms
o f the laft Ipecies; but I believe without reafon. Their bird I do
not know; but am clear that this has exiftence, having myfelf
defcribed it from a fpecimen in good condition now in the British
Museum.
Le.
I.c petit Aigle a queue blanche, Hr if. orn, i. p. 439, NQ 6,
Le petit Pygargue, Btf. i. p. 99.
Braun-fahle Adler, Frifch. t. 70.
Pygargus of Aldrovand, Will. ern. p. 62.
Erne, Gefner, p. 205.—Fawn-killing Eagle, Chari, morn. p. 63. N° 4.
Lev. Muf.
16.
LESSER WHITETAILED
E.
g I Z E of a large cock: length two feet two inches. Bill, cere, D escription.
and irides yellow: parts above, of a dull ruft-colour; beneath,
ferruginous, mixed with blackilh : head and neck alh-
coloured, inclining to chefnut: the tips of the feathers blackilh
: tail white: legs yellow and naked: claws black.
Inhabits Europe. — M. Buffon thinks that this Eagle, the Bald,
and the White-tailed Eagle, or V. Alhiulla of Lintueus *, are varieties
of the fame fpecies. The fpecimen in the Leverian Mufeum
fomewhat differs from the above defcription, in having the head
pale alh; the ihoulders the fame, but darker; and fome white
about the eyes : alfo the outer webs of the tail, above half-way
from the bafe, are brown ; otherwife the tail is white.— This
fpecimen faid to come from Africa.
Le Jeanle-blanc, Brif i. p: 443, N° rr. 17.
--------------------Buf. i.,p, 123. b.4— Bl. enl. 413. J®
Pygargus^ Jvhvft*. av* p. 4, t. 2.
T H E bulk of this does not fall far lhort of that of the Black D escription.
Eagle : length two feet one inch. The colour of the bill
• The Erne of Mr. Pennant. See jSr. Zee/. N° 43.
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