. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Tig. 75.—White-headed Erne. [The Golden Ea^le (F. chrysaetos, Lin.), the Grecian Eagle {A. Heliaca, Savi^y; F. imperialis, Tem.), the Spotted Eagle (J'', nwvius and maculate, Gm.), the Social Eagle (A. Bonelli, Bonap.), and the Little Eagle (F. pennatus, Gm.), are the European species, which suc- cessively decrease in size in the order announced; the last-named being smaller than a Common Buzzard.] New Holland produces Eagles of similar form to thos
. The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization; forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. Zoology. Tig. 75.—White-headed Erne. [The Golden Ea^le (F. chrysaetos, Lin.), the Grecian Eagle {A. Heliaca, Savi^y; F. imperialis, Tem.), the Spotted Eagle (J'', nwvius and maculate, Gm.), the Social Eagle (A. Bonelli, Bonap.), and the Little Eagle (F. pennatus, Gm.), are the European species, which suc- cessively decrease in size in the order announced; the last-named being smaller than a Common Buzzard.] New Holland produces Eagles of similar form to those of Europe, the tail , which is cuneiform. Such is the Wedge-tailed Eagle (A. fucosa, Cuv.). [There are many others.] We should remark that the transition from the Eagles to the Buzzards is effected by insensible gradations, [the typical Buzzards being merely small-sized Eagles, with weaker armature]. The Ernes {Halia>etiis, Cuv.) Have vrings resembling those of the preceding, but the tarsi clothed only on its upper half ?with feathers, the remainder being semi-scutellated. [Their beak also is longer and larger.] They frequent the shores of rivers and of the sea, and subsist in great part upon fish [without disdaining carrion, like the true Eagles. The Cinereous Erne (F. albicilla, Lin.) of Europe, and the American White-headed Erne (F. leticocephahu, Lin. fig. 75) are characteristic There are also some of small size, as the bird commonly termed the Pondi- cherry Kite (F. ponticerianus, Gm.), which the Hindoos consider sacred to Vishnu. The Cunduma of Hodgson is merely a large Ualit£etui\. The Ospreys {Pandion, Savigny)— Have [somewhat] the beak and feet of the Ernes ; but their talons are round underneath, while in other Birds of prey [save in the true Elani] they are grooved or cliannelled; their tarsi are reticulated, and the second [third] quill of their wings is longest. Their sternum (fig. 76) diflfers from tliat of other Falcons (see fig. 72)
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