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EAGLE 



leucogaster, in the Malay Archipelago and Australia, and, as allies 

 in South Africa and Madagascar, H. vocifer and H. vociferoides 

 respectively. All these Eagles ^ may be distinguished by their scaly 

 tarsi, while the group next to be treated of have the tarsi feathered 

 to the toes. 



The Golden or Mountain-Eagle, Aquila chrysaetus, is the second 

 British species. This also formerly inhabited England, and a nest, 

 found in 1668 in the Peak of Derbyshire, is well described by 



Golden Eagle. (After Wolf.) 



Willughby, in whose time it was said to breed also in the Snowdon 

 range. It seldom if ever frequents the coast, and is more active 

 on the wing than the Sea-Eagle, being able to take some birds as 

 they fly, but a large part of its sustenance is the flesh of animals 

 that die a natural death. Its eyry is generally placed and built 



like that of the other British species,- but the 



neighbourhood 



of 



^ Mucli resembling them are the species separated to form the 



Ilaliastur, wliicli some authorities regard as more nearly allied to the Kites. 

 ^ As already stated, the site chosen varies greatly. Occasionally placed iu a 



