. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . mm ■ :#-feo^ **P WHITE-HEADED or BALD EAGLE. (Hali&tus leucocephalus, Aud. pi. 31. Falco leucocephalus. , iv. p. 89. pi. 36. [adult,] and vii. p. 16. pi. 55. f. 2. [young;as the Sea Eagle.] Spec. Charact.— Dark brown ; head and tail white ; tail extendingbeyond the folded wings; cere, bill, and feet yellow; iris whitish-yellow. — Young, spotted and varied irregularly with darker andlighter brown ; bill black ; irids pale brown. This noble and daring Eagle is found along the sea-coasts, lakes, and riv
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . mm ■ :#-feo^ **P WHITE-HEADED or BALD EAGLE. (Hali&tus leucocephalus, Aud. pi. 31. Falco leucocephalus. , iv. p. 89. pi. 36. [adult,] and vii. p. 16. pi. 55. f. 2. [young;as the Sea Eagle.] Spec. Charact.— Dark brown ; head and tail white ; tail extendingbeyond the folded wings; cere, bill, and feet yellow; iris whitish-yellow. — Young, spotted and varied irregularly with darker andlighter brown ; bill black ; irids pale brown. This noble and daring Eagle is found along the sea-coasts, lakes, and rivers throughout the northern regions,being met with in Asia, Europe, and America, where they WHITE-HEADED OR BALD EAGLE. 75 extend to the shores of the Pacific and as far as the con-fines of California. In Behrings isle, Mackenzies river,and Greenland, they are not uncommon. But while theyare confined in the old world to this cheerless region, soconstantly, that only two* instances are known of theirappearance in the centre of Europe, in the United States,they are most
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