THE DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY 



age of the upper parts being dark brown, approaching black, while beneath the 

 color is a lighter brown. The length of the female is thirty-eight inches. This 

 bird ranges over the whole of North America, extending southward to Florida, Cal- 

 ifornia, and Mexico. The species known as Pallas' s sea eagle (ff. leucophceus) dif- 

 fers from all the preceding by having the tail of the adult white with a broad band 

 of black at the end; the remainder of the plumage, except the sides of the face, 



WHITE-HEADED SEA EAGI.E. 

 (One-sixth natural size.) 



which are buffi sh white, being various shades of brown. This species is smaller 

 than the foregoing, measuring only thirty inches in length. Typically an inhabit- 

 ant of the Caspian region, it ranges eastward to India and Burma. The white- 

 bellied sea eagle (H. leucogaster) is still smaller than the last, its length not exceed- 

 ing twenty -eight inches. It differs from all the others by the tail being black with 

 a broad terminal band of white, and is further characterized by the white head, 



