GOLDEN E.
Golden Eagle. Gen. Syn. i. p. 31.— ArA. Zool. ii. 2-14. A.
Falco chryfaetos, Muller, N° 59.— Faun. Arag. p. 67. '
H I S fpecies is common in Sweden and Denmark j met with
at AJiracban ; at Orenbourg ofcen expofed to fale, as the Kir-
gujians make ufe of it in falconry, to take the Wolf, Fox, and Antelope:
good ones fell dear, as not unfrequently a horfe is given
In exchange for this bird, while only a Jheep is thought fufficient
for one o f another fort *.
RING-TAILED
E.
Ring-tailed E. Gen. Syn. i. p* $2,
Black Eagle, ArSl. Zool. ii. p. 195.
Falco fulvus, Georgi Rei/e, p. 164.
J N H A B I T S various parts o f RuJJia: found about Wort-
nefch, on the river Don, in vaft numbers, where it makes the
neft on the tops o f the loftieft trees, breaking off large branches
for the purpofe with its ftrong b ill; or when deficient o f trees, on
the rocks themfelves : is a great enemy to birds, rats, &c. and
will at times kill Jheep and calves f . Both varieties found at
AJlrachan%, and made ufe of in falconry by the Calmucs, as well
as the laft fpecies | j known there by the name of Birkout§. The
feathers of the tail are much efteemed for pluming their arrows ^f.
This fpecies alfo inhabits North America, being found at Hudfon’s
Bay, where it is known by the name o f Apijk-Mickejue.
* Dec. Ruff. ii. p, 142,— iii. p. 117. 4 Id, i. p. 89, J Id. ii, p. 142.
H lie iii. p. 303. $ Raffia, vol. ii. p. 196,269. H Artl, Zool.
Cinereous.
P A L C O N ,
Cinereous Eagle, Gen. Syn. i. p. 33, N° 8.—Aril. Zook. ii. p. 214.
Vultur albicilla, JSrun. Orn. N° 12.— Muller, N°58.— Faun. Groenl. p. 33.
' J ’ H I S fpecies is very common on the continent of Europe-, the
fouthern parts, o f Raffia, particularly about theWolga; in
Sweden and Denmark alfo in Iceland and Lapmark. In Greenland
it is found, the whole year, among the iflands and rocks, from
which laft it darts on the feveral diving birds the moment o f their
rife to. the furface o f the water, the place o f which it is enabled to
afcertain by the hubbies : attempts now and then to prey on a live
Seal, when, having fixed the talons too fail to be difentangled, the
Seal draws the Eagle under water, to its deftrudtion : feeds alfo on
filh, efpecially the Eump-fijh, and a fort of ‘Trout. In a neft o f one
o f thefe birds, near Kefwick, in Cumberland, was found a Grey or
Hulfewater Trout, of above twelve pounds weight. Dr. Heyjham,
who informed me o f this, added to the obfervation, that he obtained
the bird alive, and had kept it above ten years, at the time
•of his communicating to me the account; and that it was either
fix or feven years before the tail became white.
Black-cheeked E. Gen. Syn. 1. p. 196. N° IQ. —Alrcl. Zool. ii. p. 1961 N° 88.
j g I Z E o f the Ring-tail Eagle. Bill dulky and blue; cere yellow
: head, neck, and breaft, deep alh-colour: each cheek
marked with a broa.d black bar, palling from the corner o f the
mouth beyond the eyes-: back, belly, wings, and tail, black : legs
yellow, feathered below the knees.
Inhabit North America.
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