HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA. 



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BALD EAGLE. 



gives them something of the same appearance as if 

 they were imbricated scales. 



The Bald Eagle (Aquila leucocephalus.) As this 

 bird is certainly much more characteristic of North 

 America than of any other part of the world, and, 

 as it is there a bird of the greatest interest, we 

 should be doing it injustice if we attempted to describe 

 it in any other language than that of Wilson : — " This 

 distinguished bird," says this equally distinguished 

 naturalist, "as he is the most beautiful of his tribe in 

 this part of the world, and the adopted emblem of our 

 country, is entitled to particular notice. The cele- 

 brated cataract of Niagara is a noted place of resort 



