FALCON ID.?:. 



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SUB-FAMILY I If. 



AQriLlN.E. 



Tlie Eagles. 



Gex. Charac. — Bill moderate, culmen elerated and straight at the base, and 

 then much arched to the tip, which is hooked and acute, the sidea much 

 compressed, and the lateral margins more or less festooned; nostrils placed 



. in front of the cere, large, and generally oval; wings lengthened and acute, 

 with the third, fourth, and fifth quills usually the longest ; tail long, ample, 

 and mostly rounded at the end ; tarsi long, clothed with feathers to the base 

 of the toes, or naked and covered with variously- formed scales ; toes long, 

 strong, united at the base (especially the two outer) ; lateral toes unequal 

 both in length and strength, the inner being the strongest ; claws long, 

 strong, much curved, and acute, that of the inner toe the strongest. 



Fig 14. — the golden eag] 



