. A history of British birds . GOLDEN EAGLE. ACCIPITRES. 11 Aquila chrysaetus (Linn^iTs*). THE GOLDEN EAGLE. Aquila clirysaetos. Aquila, Brlssonf.—Beak strong, of moderate length, curved from tlie cere,pointed, the cutting edges nearly straight. Nostrils oval, lateral, directed ob-liquely downward and backward ; or circular. Wings large and long, the fourthquill feather the longest. Legs strong ; tarsi feathered to the junction of the strong; the last phalanx of each toe covered by three large scales ; clawsstrong, hooked. * Falco cJirysaetos, Linnreus, 8yst. Nat. Ed. 12
. A history of British birds . GOLDEN EAGLE. ACCIPITRES. 11 Aquila chrysaetus (Linn^iTs*). THE GOLDEN EAGLE. Aquila clirysaetos. Aquila, Brlssonf.—Beak strong, of moderate length, curved from tlie cere,pointed, the cutting edges nearly straight. Nostrils oval, lateral, directed ob-liquely downward and backward ; or circular. Wings large and long, the fourthquill feather the longest. Legs strong ; tarsi feathered to the junction of the strong; the last phalanx of each toe covered by three large scales ; clawsstrong, hooked. * Falco cJirysaetos, Linnreus, 8yst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 125 (1766).t Ornithologie, i. p. 420 (1760). 12 FALCONID^. The Golden Eagle, though occasionally seen and some-times obtained in the southern part of Great Britain, isfar more commonly found in Scotland. In the time ofWillughby, who died in 1672, it was rej)orted to breedannually upon the high rocks of Snowdon. The same writerdescribes a nest found in Derbyshire in 1668. Bewickquotes from Wallis the remark, that this species formerlyhad its eyry on the highe
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