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Length o '^^' wing 23-24.5 in. ; $ average 

 lengtli 35.5, wing 2(5-27. 50 in. ; general 

 ])inniage above blaekiwh- brown, with paler 

 margins: croAvn brown ; naj)e and hind neck 

 tawny rufous (W. Europe ; much paler in E. 

 European birds.) ; tail blackish at apical 

 fourth, broMaier towards base, middle ir- 

 legularly bandetl with grey ; below blackish 

 Avith brown bases to the feathers ; in yoiuiger 

 birds basal half of tail white, centre mottled 

 brown, apical third black. 

 Aquila chr/jsaetos chnjmelos (Linn.). .S.N.i.. 

 p. 88 (1758). \_Euro2ie.] 

 Golden Eagle. 



Europe, 



N. Asia to N 



China. 



Averaging smaller : plumage darker and 

 duller. 

 180a. Aqnila chrysaetos occidejitalis, Olphe-Galliard 

 Faune. Orn. Eur. Occ, ii, fasc. xviii, p. 23. 

 (Mar. 1889.) [Simin.'\ 

 Spanish Golden Eagle. 



Larger : length 9 40, wing 27.1) in. ; colour 

 generally brighter. 

 180b. Aquila chrysaetos da2)hanea, Hodgs. in Gray's 

 Zool. Misc'. p. 81 (1844). [Norn nud.-Nejyal.] 

 Menz. Orn. Turkest, 1, p. 75 (1888). [Haute 

 Asie.] 

 Himalayan Golden Eagle. 



Large and more rufous ; max. length $ 40 in.; 

 wing 27 in. [Doubtfully distinct.] 

 180c. Aquila chrysnetos canadensis (Linn.) S.N.i, 

 p. 88 (1758) [Canada.] 

 American Golden Eagle. 



Smaller ; wing ;^ 23. 5 in.; head and neck above 

 dull j?-ellowish isabelline ; forehead marked 

 with dark brown, and nape tinged with 

 rufous ; general i:)lumage blackish-bro^^Ti ; 

 some of tlie scapulars ])ure white : tail dark 

 grey witli broad terminal blackish band ; 

 immature brown ; tail luiiform. 



Spain and 

 N. Africa 

 (Morocco, 

 Algeria, 

 Tunis.) 



High 

 Central 

 Asia, 

 Himalayas. 



N. America 

 Arctic 

 Regions 

 S. to 



California 

 and 



Alleghenies in 

 N. Carolina. 



