. A history of British birds . of the upper part of the headand neck lanceolate ; the primaries almost black ; under sur-face of the body very little lighter in colour than the back;all the feathers white at the base; legs, toes and claws as inthe young birds. The whole length twenty-seven and a half inches, the wingfrom the anterior joint twenty-three and a half inches ; thefourth and fifth quill-feathers nearly equal in length, but thefifth rather the longest in the wing. The wings when closedreach to the end of the tail. According to Professor Schlegel, Aquila nccvia can be dis-tinguished b
. A history of British birds . of the upper part of the headand neck lanceolate ; the primaries almost black ; under sur-face of the body very little lighter in colour than the back;all the feathers white at the base; legs, toes and claws as inthe young birds. The whole length twenty-seven and a half inches, the wingfrom the anterior joint twenty-three and a half inches ; thefourth and fifth quill-feathers nearly equal in length, but thefifth rather the longest in the wing. The wings when closedreach to the end of the tail. According to Professor Schlegel, Aquila nccvia can be dis-tinguished by its round and small nostrils from A. clanga,in which they are wider and elliptical. The same highauthority also thinks that the white markings on the wingsare not indicative of age, but simply individual peculiarities,adding, that an example in the Museum of Leyden, broughtup from the nest, and known to have moulted three times,retained the spots with which it was originally adorned.—Museum des Pays-Bas, Aquilse, pp. 6, WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. ACCIPITRES. 25 FALCONID^E.
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