[2901] Γνήσιος. “True-born,” “genuine.” Cuvier thinks that this may be the royal or imperial eagle, Falco imperialis.
[2902] The great sea-eagle, according to Cuvier, the varieties of which (in age) are called by Linnæus “Falco albicaudus,” and “Falco ossifraga.”
[2903] See Lucan, B. ix. l. 902.
[2904] He contradicts himself, for he has already stated that it is the sixth species.
[2905] “Barbata.” Cuvier takes it to be the læmmer-geyer, or Gypaëtus, the only bird of prey that has a beard.
[2906] Or eagle-stone. See B. xxxvi. c. 39. He does not there mention that it is combustible. It is not impossible that pieces of aëtites, or ferruginous geodes, may have been found in an eagle’s nest.
[2907] Fora.
[2908] Albertus Magnus says that he knows this by actual experience: “credat Judæus.”
[2909] Ordinem.
[2910] See Virgil, Æn. B. xi. l. 755, et seq. By the “dragon,” he means some large serpent.