. The birds of our country. 220 GOLDEN EAGLE. semble unspotted eggs of the Golden Eagle, but are much rougher and coarser in texture. The Sea Eagle has the upper parts brown, becom- ing much lighter on the head and neck ; the under parts are chocolate. As with all this family the female is much bigger than the male, being about thirty-nine inches in length to twenty-eight of the GOLDEN EAGLE. AOUILA CHRYS^TUS. Family ;. Genus Aouila. Black Eagle. This noble bird, fitly called the " king of birds," is one of the largest and finest of our birds of prey ; it is, like
. The birds of our country. 220 GOLDEN EAGLE. semble unspotted eggs of the Golden Eagle, but are much rougher and coarser in texture. The Sea Eagle has the upper parts brown, becom- ing much lighter on the head and neck ; the under parts are chocolate. As with all this family the female is much bigger than the male, being about thirty-nine inches in length to twenty-eight of the GOLDEN EAGLE. AOUILA CHRYS^TUS. Family ;. Genus Aouila. Black Eagle. This noble bird, fitly called the " king of birds," is one of the largest and finest of our birds of prey ; it is, like the White-tailed Eagle, now chiefiy confined to the wildest districts of Scotland, though it is nowhere so. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, H. E. London, Digby, Long & Co.
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