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AQUILINJE, EAGLES. 



These may be said to be marked by a very forge 

 size, a heavy form, long wings, very powerful and 

 muscular feet, the tarsi proportionally short, but 

 strong, and more or less plumed. The head is 

 also frequently crested, beautifully so in some 

 foreign birds, and exhibiting an approach to it in 

 the lengthened feathers on the hind head of the 

 Osprey, and in the lanceolate formed plumes of 

 the Golden Eagle. The typical birds, or true 

 eagles, are well exemplified by the beautiful Falco 

 imperialist Temm. of Europe and Northern 

 Africa ; by the A. fucosa of New Holland, where 

 the tail begins to vary in form, and is cuneated ; 

 and by our own noble bird the Golden Eagle. 

 We have only two British birds entering into the 

 first or aquiline sub-family. The extent of their 

 geographical range is, however, greater than that 

 of the last. The Golden Eagle stretches over 

 Europe, is mentioned by Dr Richardson as occur- 

 ring among the Rocky Mountains, and affords the 

 favourite war plumes for the natives. It is also 

 found in Alpine India, specimens having been 

 received from the Himalayan range. The Sea 

 Eagle extends through Europe to Asia and Ame- 

 rica The Osprey is abundant in North America, 



