. Cassell's book of birds . in confinement wasvery lively, and uttered its cry lustily, both morning and evening; but in its general behaviour showedlittle of the courage for which it is remarkable in a state of freedom. The DESTROYING EAGLES {Pternura) constitute a race of South American birds, veryclosely resembling the Tufted Eagle in their general appearance, but recognisable by the comparativelength of their wings (in which the fifth quill is longer than the rest), and by the shortness oftheir toes. 20 CASSEELS BOOK OF BIRDS. THE Urutaurana (Ptcrnitra tyrannus), the most st
. Cassell's book of birds . in confinement wasvery lively, and uttered its cry lustily, both morning and evening; but in its general behaviour showedlittle of the courage for which it is remarkable in a state of freedom. The DESTROYING EAGLES {Pternura) constitute a race of South American birds, veryclosely resembling the Tufted Eagle in their general appearance, but recognisable by the comparativelength of their wings (in which the fifth quill is longer than the rest), and by the shortness oftheir toes. 20 CASSEELS BOOK OF BIRDS. THE Urutaurana (Ptcrnitra tyrannus), the most stately member of this group, is twenty-sixinches in length and fifty in breadth; the wing measures sixteen and the tail fourteen inches; thefemale is two inches longer and three or four inches broader than her mate. In this species, thehead, throat, nape, and upper part of the breast are black; the plumage of the back is an uniformblackish brown, that of the lower portions of the body of the same hue, marked with white; the. THE TUFTED eagle (Lophoaetos occipitalis). wing-feathers are ornamented with five or six white lines ; the tail-feathers have similar markings, andare bordered with white, so that when seen from above they appear of a greyish brown, and on theunder side whitish grey; the plumage upon the legs and feet is also mottled with white. The youngbirds are brown or greyish brown, the feathers upon the back being edged with a lighter shade; thethroat is whitish, the breast yellowish brown, marked with dark spots; the eye orange colour, thebeak greyish black ; the cere greyish yellow, and the feet pale yellow. The Urutaurana inhabits the forests in the interior of Brazil, but is never met with in large BIRDS OF PREY. 2I numbers; indeed, the Prince von Wied, who first discovered this species, only captured one specimen,and Burmeister saw but two during his travels. The bird shot by the first-mentioned naturalist waskilled whilst in the act of seizing an opossum. Monkeys
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