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|{i:i'(>ui' OK Stai'I': (iKOLOdisr. 



(';ilit'oiiii;i. liowt'ViT. most ol' ilio nosts ;ivo |)1;u'(h1 in lives. Tlio iiost 

 is Ini'iio. Two or tliree eggs are a set, and but one brood is raised in a 

 yoar. They begin nesting, in this hititude, in Mareli, and continue 

 (hvoiigh lyfay. and even far north fresh eggs have been found in June. 

 Several days, sometimes a week, intervenes between laying the eggs. 

 Ineubalion lasts abont four weeks. It is performed almost entirely 

 by the female, who is supplied with food by the male. 



77. (iKvrs ll.\lil .V.KTl S !<AVK)NY. 



^140 (;^'>-). Haliapetiis leiicocepha Ills (Linn). 



Bald Eagle. 



Bald Kasrle. 



Lower lliinl o( leg naked all around. This eharaeler will separate 

 it in any plumage from the Colden F.aglt>. whiiOi is the only other 

 V^.agle in the United States. 



Length, ;J0- 1;^, wing, '30- '28; tail. 1 1-lii. (KisherV 



R.\N(;k. ^Vhole of North .\meriea, fn>m "Mexieo to Arotie eoast. 

 AU'iitian Islands, and Kamehaika. Breeds loeally throughout its 

 range. 



.V(;s7, large, in trees, or on elitVs; of stieks; st^metimes lined with gras- 

 or moss. Eijijs, 1-3: white; '.\JH)-3.37. 



Resident loeally; formerly eommon resident throughout the State, 

 and still generally distributed in fall, winter and spring. Through- 

 out the Vi'hitewater \'allev, where thev formerlv nested, and, in fact. 



