. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. l! P Ik. I!"'- 88 JEAN LE BLANC EAGLE. 'iiiitiii':'! 'III ill i ''Itif , :|1i!Wl ii! M The curious bird wliicli is called from its strange cry the Laughing Falcon, is a native of Southern America, •.'hero it is found inhabiting the vicinity of marshes and swfiraps, in which localiticH it finds the reptile food on which it chieily subsists. It is also a keen fisher, and haunts rivers and lakes for the sake of the finny prey which they contain. The colour of this bird is nearly white, divers
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. l! P Ik. I!"'- 88 JEAN LE BLANC EAGLE. 'iiiitiii':'! 'III ill i ''Itif , :|1i!Wl ii! M The curious bird wliicli is called from its strange cry the Laughing Falcon, is a native of Southern America, •.'hero it is found inhabiting the vicinity of marshes and swfiraps, in which localiticH it finds the reptile food on which it chieily subsists. It is also a keen fisher, and haunts rivers and lakes for the sake of the finny prey which they contain. The colour of this bird is nearly white, diversified with a broad band of brown that passes over the back, wings, and the space round the eyes, and is prolonged into a belt that surrounds the neck, so that the bird looks as if it had been wrapped in a brown mantle fastened under the tlu'oat. The tail is banded alternately with brown and white. The wings of this species are not very long, and the beak is short. The tarsus is also short, and is covered in part with net-like markings. The head is surmounted with a crest, composed of long, narrow feathers, which pass over the head and droop gracefully until they reach the back of the neck. A SMALL number of the Fidconidte are remarkable for their long tarsi, feathered below the heel, their long, even tail, and the union of the outer claws by a membranous skin. The Jean LE Blanc Eagle, so called on account of the generally white colour of its plumage, is a good example of tliis genus, which in- cludes the bacha, the cheela, and other so-called Eagles. The colour of the Jean le Blanc Eagle is white, speckled with brown spots, and diversified on tlie back with brown. The white, however, predominates largely, and even in the back and wings, the bases of the feathers are white. The tail is darker than the rest of the plumage, being of a light grey-brown, barred M'ith dark brown. The long tarsi and toes are blue, and the claws are black. The length of the bird is about thirty inche
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