. A general history of birds . same colour; base,middle, and end of the tail dark brown; all the under parts of thebody yellowish buff-colour, from chin to vent; , yellow;daws black. Inhabits China. I owe the description and drawing of thisbird to my late friend, Thomas Pennant, Esq. who originally hadit from Taylor White, Esq. I have also observed a bird, which probably varies only in ageor sex, in a collection of drawings exhibited for sale, many yearssince, in King-street, Covent-Garden. This was crested; thecrest composed of ash-coloured and black feathers intermixed; billblack;
. A general history of birds . same colour; base,middle, and end of the tail dark brown; all the under parts of thebody yellowish buff-colour, from chin to vent; , yellow;daws black. Inhabits China. I owe the description and drawing of thisbird to my late friend, Thomas Pennant, Esq. who originally hadit from Taylor White, Esq. I have also observed a bird, which probably varies only in ageor sex, in a collection of drawings exhibited for sale, many yearssince, in King-street, Covent-Garden. This was crested; thecrest composed of ash-coloured and black feathers intermixed; billblack; irides pale yellow ; sides of the head, round the eye, ash-colour ; back and wings deep chocolate brown, the feathers edgedwith yellow ; wings and tail as in the other bird; as also theunder parts, but the breast and belly somewhat blotched withdusky, or dark brown; edge of the wing ferruginous and black mixed. The last was drawn of the natural size, which was that of aneagle, but whence the original came, not mentioned. 77 FALCON. 155 .—BAUJ EAGLE. SIZE uncertain ; bill black; cere dusky ; irides dark; head,neck, and under parts white, streaked with fine lines of brown onthe top of the head, and sides of the wings ; upper parts of theplumage brown, the feathers margined with paler brown ; quillsdusky black, and reach half way on the tail, which is crossed withseven narrow dusky bars, one of them near the end; legs coveredwith white down as far as the toes, which are yellow; claws black,but not very hooked. Inhabits India, and called Bauj or Bauze,* at Bengal; but atHindustan known by the name of Sundul.—Dr. Buchanan. 78—ASIATIC EAGLE. Falco asiaticus, Ind. Orn. i. 14. Shaws Zool. vii. Eagle, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 31. LENGTH 21 inches; and, at first appearance, not unlike theBuzzard; bill bluish ; breast cream-colour , dashed down the shaftsof the feathers with dusky black ; belly, thighs, and vent white;quills grey, barred dusky and black on the secondarie
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