WASHINGTON EAGLE. 



[Falco TVashingionianus, Audubon, Plate. Loudon's Magaz. Nat. 

 Hist. No. 2. July, lc28. p. 115.) 



Spec. Charact. — Tail and upper parts dark brown, beneath red- 

 dish brown, with darker lines ; cere and naked tarsus yellow ; 

 bill blackish. — Young, more or less spotted with white, particu- 

 larly beneath. 



It is to the indefatigable Audubon, that we owe the 

 distinct notice and description of this noble Eagle, which 



