GOLDEN EAGLE. 



ACCIPITRES. 



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FALCON ID.E. 



Aquila chrysaetus (Linn^iTs*). 



THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 



Aquila clirysaetos. 



Aquila, Brlssonf.—Beak strong, of moderate length, curved from tlie cere, 

 pointed, the cutting edges nearly straight. Nostrils oval, lateral, directed ob- 

 liquely downward and backward ; or circular. Wings large and long, the fourth 

 quill feather the longest. Legs strong ; tarsi feathered to the junction of the toes. 

 Feet strong ; the last phalanx of each toe covered by three large scales ; claws 

 strong, hooked. 



* Falco cJirysaetos, Linnreus, 8yst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 125 (1766). 

 t Ornithologie, i. p. 420 (1760). 



