. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . 352. Haliaeetus leucocephalus {Linn.). Bald Eagle. Ad.—Head, neck, and tail white, rest of the plumage fuscous; bill yellow; tarsusnot fully feathered. Im.—Fuscous, more or less varied with white; tail fuscous,more or less mottled with white, particu-larly on the inner vanes of the feathers;bill black. 3 L., 32-85 ; Ex., 84-10; W.,22-00; T., 11-90; B., 2-48. 9 L., 35-50;Ex., 89-00 ; W., 24-00; T., 12-25 ; Weight,12 lbs. Range.—North America, breedingthroughout its range. Washington, not common P. R. SingSing, common P. K. Cambridge, of ir-regular
. Handbook of birds of eastern North America . 352. Haliaeetus leucocephalus {Linn.). Bald Eagle. Ad.—Head, neck, and tail white, rest of the plumage fuscous; bill yellow; tarsusnot fully feathered. Im.—Fuscous, more or less varied with white; tail fuscous,more or less mottled with white, particu-larly on the inner vanes of the feathers;bill black. 3 L., 32-85 ; Ex., 84-10; W.,22-00; T., 11-90; B., 2-48. 9 L., 35-50;Ex., 89-00 ; W., 24-00; T., 12-25 ; Weight,12 lbs. Range.—North America, breedingthroughout its range. Washington, not common P. R. SingSing, common P. K. Cambridge, of ir-regular occurrence at all seasons. Ned., generally in tall J;rees. Eggs.,two to three, dull white, 2-85 x 2-20. Bald Eagles are seldom foundfar from the water. Here they maybe seen soaring overhead, wingingtheir way to and from their feedingground, or occupying some favoriteperch, generally in an exposed posi-tion. They subsist principally upon fish. As a last resort they some-times capture these themselves, but dead fish cast up on the shore. Fig. 72.—Foot of Bald Eagle. 208 FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. are eagerly taken, and their habit of robbing the Fish Hawk of hiswell-earned booty is too well known to be commented upon. In somelocalities, particularly in the south during the winter, they live largelyupon water-fowl which they capture themselves. The voice of the Bald Eagle has a weird, human quality. says: At a distance the note of the Bald Eagle is not alto-gether unpleasant, resembling somewhat that of Sea Gulls, but nearby it is grating and suggests a maniacal laugh. Dr. William L. Ralphwrites in Captain Bendires Life Histories of North American Birds,p. 277: The cry of the male is a loud and clear cac-cac-cac, quite dif-ferent from that of the female—so much so that I could always recog-nize the sex of the bird by it; the call of the latter is more harsh andoften broken. The conspicuous white head and tail of adults of this species renderit easy of identif
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