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Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles
Year: 1859 (1850s)
Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886 Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893, engraver
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds
Publisher: London : Groombridge and Sons ...
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I have a female alive which has been in thisparti-coloured, or rather parti-shaded plumage for severalyears without any variation. Specimens of this birdkilled in a wild state Avhen near the time of moulting,are generally very light-coloured, as the feathers fadefrom exposure to the sun in the living bird, more thanthey do in any other kind of bird I know. It is inthis state that Dr. Riippell calls it A. albicans. Myliving bird is very noisy, and when uttering its cryits throat puffs out nearly to the size of a gooses egg. An adult male in the Norwich Museum has thehead, nape, neck, all the under parts except the tail,and most of the back, a tawny dirty yellow. Thelarge wing coverts are more variegated with dark brown.Primaries, secondaries, and tail feathers above and below,dark hah- brown; tail on the upper surface faintlymarked with numerous transverse bands; cere and toesdirty greenish yellow. The figure of the egg is from a specimen sent byJ. H. Gurney, Esq., of Catton, Norfolk.
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Ci L A S S SEA Hi A G- L S. 10 Rap aces—Diurnse.FALCONID^E. Genus—Falco. (Linnceus.JSub-genus.—Aquila. (Brisson.) PALLASS SEA EAGLE. Falco leucoryphus. Aquila leucorypha, Pallas ; Zoog. Boss. Asiat. 1, p. 352, No. 26. Haliaetos leucoryphus, Keyserling et Blasius. Schlegel; Revue. macei, Cuviee; Peg., An. Falco macei, Temminck; pi. col. 8, 223. Cuncuma macei, Gkay. Haliaetus unieolor, Gray. lanceolatus, Gray. Specific Characters.—Tarsi naked; cere livid. Plumage brown;vertex spotted with white. Nine large scales on the end of middletoe.—Pallas. Dimensions of an adult male in the Norwich Museum.—Lengthtwenty-five inches; length of wing twenty-one inches; length oftarsus four inches; length of middle toe and claw three inchesand a half. 76 PALLASS SEA EAGLE. It is still, Ave believe, an undecided question whetherFalco leucoryphus of Pallas and F. macei the greatBengal Fish Eagle, are the same species. Gray givesthe former doubtingly as a synonyme of the latter, andSchlegel he

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