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AQUILA 



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Genus V. AQUILA. 



Type. 



Aquila, Bnsson, Oniith. i, p. 420 (1760) A. chryscaet:is. 



Bill stout and strong, the culmen evenly curved and longer than 

 the inner toe without claw ; the edge of the upper mandible but 

 very sHghtly curved ; nostrils perpendicular ovals, entirely exposed ; 

 no occipital crest, wings long and pointed, the difference between 



Fig. 95. — Left foot of Aqjtila verreanxl. x 



the length of the primaries and secondaries exceeding the length 

 of the tarsus ; tail square or very shghtly rounded ; tibia much 

 longer than the tarsus ; tarsus feathered to the bases of the toes ; 

 the outer toe with claw exceeds in length the inner toe without 

 claw ; claws powerful, sharp, and curved. 



The true eagles are most of them large and powerful birds, and 



