82 BALD EAGLE— WHITE-HEADED .EAGLE. 



echoing what others have written on the same subject, but am 

 honestly drawing from my own experience of the habits and gen- 

 eral disposition of both birds. 



The Bald Eagle is numerous throughout the whole of Canada, 

 and the fur countries, to the shores of the Arctic sea. It likewise 

 extends across the continent from ocean to ocean, and is known 

 to breed as far south as Washington, D.C. It is abundant along 

 the Atlantic sea-board of the Eastern States, and particularly so 

 along the coast of Maine, where its large nest in some lofty tree 

 often forms a conspicuous land-mark. It also extends throughout 

 the coasts of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, 

 where it is commonly known to the fishermen as the " Grepe." 

 Hence it extends across the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, breeds on 

 Anticosti, inhabits the coasts of Labrador, and eventually reaches 

 Greenland and Iceland. In these extreme latitudes it extends 

 westward along the Arctic coasts, and Ross gives it as common in 

 the McKenzie River district to the shores of the Arctic sea. 

 From Great Slave Lake across to Lake Superior and Huron, it 

 is particularly numerous, and breeds in all suitable places — ledges 

 of rock and trees alike — throughout this region. It is also a very 

 frequently met with species along the immediate shore and islands 

 of the two lakes last named, and its nests are often found by the 

 hunters, surveyors and natives. Prof. R. Bell informs me that 

 the young of this Eagle are much esteemed as an article of food 

 by both natives and hunters, and that he has himself assisted at 

 such a meal. 



The Bald Eagle also occurs throughout the area occupied by 

 Lake Ontario and across the country again, in the vicinity of all 

 the large lakes and prominent rivers to the waters of the Ottawa. 

 I have observed it also near the mouth of the Cataraqui river, 

 close to Kingston, and northward along this river and chain of 

 lakes — the Rideau Canal — to Smith's Falls. In the mountainous 

 Laurentian country, to the northward of Ottawa city, it occasionally 

 is met with in the vicinity of the Gatineau, Lievre and Rouge 

 rivers, as well as some of the lartjer lakes through the intermediate 



