. Birdcraft : a field book of two hundred song, game, and water birds . eresting picture of this species as well as of otherHawks, and says that their soaring and screaming over thewinter meadows is one of the few bits of primitive wild-ness left to us. This species is a hardy and valuable bird;at least sixty-five per cent of its food consists of injuriousrodents and the remaining thirty-five per cent is madeup of insects, reptiles, etc., with a very small proportion ofbird food. Bald !Eagle: JSaliaetus leucocephalus. White-headed Sea Eagle. Plate 58. Length: 3 feet. Female larger. Male and Fe
. Birdcraft : a field book of two hundred song, game, and water birds . eresting picture of this species as well as of otherHawks, and says that their soaring and screaming over thewinter meadows is one of the few bits of primitive wild-ness left to us. This species is a hardy and valuable bird;at least sixty-five per cent of its food consists of injuriousrodents and the remaining thirty-five per cent is madeup of insects, reptiles, etc., with a very small proportion ofbird food. Bald !Eagle: JSaliaetus leucocephalus. White-headed Sea Eagle. Plate 58. Length: 3 feet. Female larger. Male and Female : Neck, head feathers, and tail pure white in adults,brown in young; beak yellow and abruptly hooked; plumagedark brown; legs feathered only half-way down ; feet yellow. Season : An uncommon resident, coming more like a visitor. Breeds: Through range. Nest: A bulky platform of stalks and litter, some 6 feet across and3 feet deep ; either in large trees or on rocky ledges. Eggs: 2, white ; 2i to 3 inches in length. Bange : North America at large; south to O) •r; CO C CD PLATE 59.
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