← Table of contents
A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3

Note 92 — Family FALCONIDÆ.—The Falcons. (continued 6)

Reading edition

Aquila chrysaëtus, var. chrysaëtus (Linn.). Aquila valeria, Albin, B, II. pl. ii. Aquila chrysaëtus, Briss. Orn. I, 431, et Auct. Falco chrysaëtus, Linn. S. N. 1760, 125. Aquila melanaëtus, Briss. Orn. I, 434. Falco melanaëtus, Linn. S. N. 124. Aquila regia, Less. Tr. Orn. Falco fulvus, Linn. S. N. 1760, 125 (young).

List of Specimens examined.—Nat. Mus., 4; Philad. Acad., 14; Bost. Soc., 2; Mus. Cambridge, 1; Mus. J. C. Sharp, Jr., 1. Total, 22.

Measurements.—♂. Wing, 23.80–24.30; tail, 14.00–14.50; culmen, 1.68–1.70; tarsus, 3.40; middle toe, 2.40–2.45. Specimens, 2. ♀. Wing, 25.00–25.50; tail, 14.00–14.50; culmen, 1.80–1.85; tarsus, 3.80–4.10; middle toe, 2.85–3.10. Specimens, 3.

Explore with AITake your curiosity a little further.

Reading settings