. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . tinal canal,which is extremely elongated and narrow, with a singularly-convoluted duodenum in Haliaetus, whereas in Aquila it isshort, rather wide, and with the duodenum of the usual Eagles are powerful and vigorous birds, rather heavy andsomewhat slow, like the Buzzards, but diiferingfroni the Hali-aeti in feeding less on carrion than
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . tinal canal,which is extremely elongated and narrow, with a singularly-convoluted duodenum in Haliaetus, whereas in Aquila it isshort, rather wide, and with the duodenum of the usual Eagles are powerful and vigorous birds, rather heavy andsomewhat slow, like the Buzzards, but diiferingfroni the Hali-aeti in feeding less on carrion than on animals killed by them-selves. They nestle in rocks, whether on the sea-shore or inthe interior, prefer mountainous regions, and are generally dis-tributed, one or more species occurring in every known Britain only one is met with, which is now almost entirelyconfined to the northern parts, I have ascertained, by comparing birds shot in winter withthose newly fledged, that the young retain their first plumageuntil the following spring, or, at least, that the colouring oftheir winter plumage is similar to that of their first state. TheFoot here represented, and the Head on the following page,are those of a young male shot in 204 AQUILA CHRYSAETUS. THE GOLDEN EAGLE. BLACK EAGLE. RING-TAILED EAGLE. BROWN EAGLE. lOLAIR DHUBII.
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