. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . e of which were long, narrow, sharp-point*,-dand of a somewhat hairy texture, each dashed along the centre withthe dark brown of the back. Lesser wing-coverts rusty iron-grey,the same color extending from the shoulders to the lower end of thesecondaries, and gradually passing into the brown of the back as itmeets the scapulars. Primaries brown, darker on their inner vanes,very broad and firm ; the outer 2^ inches shorter than the 2d, thelongest 24 inches to its roots, and about h an inch in diameter at thebarre
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . e of which were long, narrow, sharp-point*,-dand of a somewhat hairy texture, each dashed along the centre withthe dark brown of the back. Lesser wing-coverts rusty iron-grey,the same color extending from the shoulders to the lower end of thesecondaries, and gradually passing into the brown of the back as itmeets the scapulars. Primaries brown, darker on their inner vanes,very broad and firm ; the outer 2^ inches shorter than the 2d, thelongest 24 inches to its roots, and about h an inch in diameter at thebarrel. [In .Mr. Pickerings specimen, the longest quill gave 25£inches, and in a specimen of the Iiald Eagle the same correspondingfeather gave only 22J inches, though the specimen was a female.]The under wing-coverts iron-grey. Foot warty beneath like a rasp,enabling the bird to secure its slippery prey. Leg feathers brown-7 BIRDS OF PREY. cinnamon, pointed backwards. Iris hazel, inclining to head more convex than in the Bald Eagle, and the bill morehooked at the
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