26 THE WASHINGTON EAGLI. 



length, and six in breadth. Eyes dark or reddish-hazel 

 The head and neck for about an inch and a half below the 

 ears, ftimished with a reddish wrinkled skin, and some 

 tints of blue, sprinkled with short black hairs. From the 

 hind-head to the neck-feathers the space is covered with a 

 black down. The fore-part of the neck is bare to the 

 breast-bone. The plumage of the neck is large and tumid, 

 and, with that of the back and shoulders, nearly black; 

 almost all the rest of the body is of the same colour, in 

 parts inclining to brown. Third primary longest. The 

 wings extend to the end of the tail. The upper plumage is 

 generally glossed with green and bronze, having purplish 

 reflections. Legs feathered to the knees; the f«jet some- 

 what webbed. The bill nearly white, often tipped with 

 bright olive green. Weight from four and a half to five 

 pounds. 



WASHINGTON EAGLE. (Falco WaiUngtonit.) 



This splendid bird is found in the mountain regions of 

 Kentucky. It is the largest of all the Eagle tribe. It« 

 length is three feet seven inches ; extent of wings ten feet 

 two inches; bill three inches and a quarter. Length of 

 wing when folded thirty-two inches ; length of tail fifteen 

 inches : middle claw four inches and three^uarters ; hind 



