20 GOLDEN EAGLE. 
rest of the body. The feet are at first greyish yellow, which 
merges into pure yellow; the expansion of the foot seven inches, 
including the claws; the middle toe measures three inches and 
a half “in length, and there are on it three or four large 
scales; and on the outer, inner, and hinder toes, three, on 
the last joint of each. The claws are black, much hooked, 
and very formidable weapons of attack or defence, the middle 
one being three inches in length. During the first year there 
is a well-defined white bar on the upper and larger half of 
the tail, but after this period, it is at each moult encroached 
upon by the brown colour of the lower half, until the roots 
alone of the feathers remain white. 
