. A history of British birds . ACCIPIT11ES. GOLDEN EAGLE. 11FALCON ID AL. Aquila cheysaetus (Linnaeus*).THE GOLDEN EAGLE. Aquila chrysaetos. Aquila, Brisson f. — Beak strong, of moderate length, curved from the cere,pointed, the cutting edges nearly straight. Nostrils oval, lateral, directed ob-liquely downward and backward; or circular. Wings large and long, the fourthquill-feather the longest. Legs strong; tarsi feathered to the junction of the strong; the last phalanx of each toe covered by three large scales; clawsstrong, hooked. * Falco chrysaetos, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. i
. A history of British birds . ACCIPIT11ES. GOLDEN EAGLE. 11FALCON ID AL. Aquila cheysaetus (Linnaeus*).THE GOLDEN EAGLE. Aquila chrysaetos. Aquila, Brisson f. — Beak strong, of moderate length, curved from the cere,pointed, the cutting edges nearly straight. Nostrils oval, lateral, directed ob-liquely downward and backward; or circular. Wings large and long, the fourthquill-feather the longest. Legs strong; tarsi feathered to the junction of the strong; the last phalanx of each toe covered by three large scales; clawsstrong, hooked. * Falco chrysaetos, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12. i. p. 125 (1766). f Ornithologie, i. p. 420 (1760). L2 FALCON II ).K The Golden Eagle, though occasionally seen and some-times obtained in the southern part of Great Britain, isfar more commonly found in Scotland. In the time ofWillughby, who died in L672, it was reported to breedannually upon the high rocks of Snowdon. The same writerdescribes a nest found in Derbyshire in 1668. Bewickquotes from Wallis the remark, that this species formerlyhad its eyry on the highes
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