WHITE-HEADED or BALD EAGLE. 



(Falco leucocephalus. Linn. Wilson, iv. p. 89. pi. 36. [adult,] and 

 vii. p. 16. pi. 55. f. 2. [young ; as the Sea Eagle.] Audu- 

 bon, pi. Peale's Museum, No. 78.) 



Spec. Charact. — Dark brown; head and tail white ; tail extend- 

 ing beyond the folded wings ; cere, bill, and feet yellow ; iris 

 whitish-yellow. — Young, spotted and varied irregularly with 

 darker and lighter brown ; bill black ; irids pale brown. 



This noble and daring Eagle is found along the sea- 

 coasts, lakes, and rivers throughout the arctic circle, 

 being met with in Asia, Europe, and America. In 

 Behring's isle, Mackenzie's river, and Greenland, they 

 are not uncommon. But while they are confined in the 

 old world to this cheerless region, so constantly, that only 



