BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 

 THALLASOAfiTUS PELAGICUS (Pallas) 



Steller's Sea Eagle 



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Adult (sexes alike). — Forehead pale biiffy white, the feathers with 

 chaetura drab shaft streaks; crown and occiput chaetura drab, the 

 feathers tipped and edged with pale olive-buff, especially on the postero- 

 lateral portions of the crown and the sides of the occiput; nape and a 

 broad band extending thence around the sides of the neck very pale 



Figure 35. — Thallasoaetus pelagicus. 



olive-buff to creamy white, the feathers lanceolate, chaetura drab 

 basally with a gradually paling distal extension of the same along the 

 shaft; scapulars, interscapulars, upper back, greater upper wing 

 coverts, and remiges fuscous-black, each feather with a very narrow 



