GOLDEN EAGLE, 9I 



lighter, the primary quills hrownish-hlack, the secon- 

 dary with their coverts dark brown, as is the tail, which 

 is paler towards the base, with irregular pale greyish- 

 brown markings, its upper coverts pale brown, tinged 

 with grey, the h)wer light yellowish-brown. The short 

 feathers of the tibia? and tarsi are light yellowish-brown, 

 their shafts dark brown ; the outer elongated feathers 

 dark brown. The concealed parts of the feathers on 

 the upper parts of the body are white, on the lower 

 parts dusky grey. 



Length 2 feet 9 inches, extent of wings 6 feet ; bill 

 along the back 2| inches, to the tip of lower mandible 

 2^ ; tarsus 3| ; middle toe and claw i^, hind claw 2^. 



Female. — The female is in general precisely similar 

 in colouring to the male. The following description 

 was taken from a very fine individual of ordinary size. 

 The colour of the bill, feet, and other bare parts, was 

 as above, that of the irides yellowish -brown. The brist- 

 ly feathers about the head brownish-black ; the frontal, 

 gular, anterior cervical, pectoral and ventral, very dark 

 brown; the dorsal, superior alar, and external tibial, 

 blackish-brown with paler margins ; those of the crown 

 and occiput, the posterior and lateral cervical, as well 

 as a few of the anterior inferior cervical, pale reddish- 

 brown, becoming tinged with chestnut downwards, the 

 shafts and middle parts umber. Edges of m ings and 

 lower wing-coverts of the same colour, the latter mixed 

 with deep brown. Quills, tail-feathers, and scapulars 

 brownish-black at the end, toward the base cinereous 

 brown, the two former marked with irregular bands of 

 dull grey, the latter with small irregular spots. A por- 



