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Title: Reptiles and birds : a popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894 Gillmore, Parker
Subjects: Birds Reptiles
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : W.J. Holland
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Fig. 280.—Golden Eagles (Aquila ckrysaetos). they rather unceremoniously class the Eagle among the ignoblebirds. The Tartars, however, are in the habit of using an Eagleindigenous to Central Asia to assist in taking the hare, fox,antelope, and wolf. As this bird is weighty, they do not hold it EAGLES. 601 on the fist, but place it in front of tlieir horses saddle. The genuscalled the Berecoot, which is scarcely known by Europeans, is ofgreat power and courage. A well-known traveller describes ascene he witnessed on the steppes of Tartary, where a pair of
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Fig. 281.—Imperial Eagles (A. mogilnik). )<\ them attacked and killed a brace of wolves with the greatestapparent ease. The Eagle is cosmopolitan, and may be found in all parts ofthe globe. There are several genera whicli wo shall merely 602 EAPTOEES, OR BIEDS OF PEEY. make mention of, because the habits of all are so exceedinglysimilar. The synonyms here given are those used in the classification ofthe British Museum. The Royal Eagle (Fig. 280), called alsothe Golden Eagle (Aguila chnjsaetos), attains a greater size thanany other; it is a native of the North and East of Europe, TheImperial Eagle (Fig. 281) is found in the East and Southof Europe, and also in North Africa. Bonellis Eagle (.4.Bonellii) inhabits Southern Euroj)e, particularly Greece. TheTawny Eagle (A. ncemoides) is to be met with in all the moun-tainous and woody countries of Europe. The Booted Eagle (A.pennata) lives in the East and South of Europe, and occasionallymakes its appearance in France. Reinwardts Eagle

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