260 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



Tail reaches nearly 3 in. beyond the closed wings ; 

 length about 1 ft. 



The old female resembles the male in plumage, except 

 that the back and shoulders are less ash-grey and more 

 grey-brown, but the wings and tail are the same. 



Adult. Upper parts greyish blue, under whitish, with 

 small long black streaks, and reddish wavy lines on the 

 breast and belly; wings greyish brown, with dark brown 

 bands on the under side ; tail blueish grey, with five blackish 

 cross bands, and a white tip. 



The young male resembles the old female, but the young 

 female is much browner. Very common from the south of 

 Sweden up to Lapland, but I do not believe it is met with in 

 that country. A few remain even in the middle of Sweden 

 during the winter. Builds in a tree, and the eggs, generally 

 four, are, I think, the handsomest of any bird of prey ; white 

 ground very apparent, dashed all over with large deep red 

 brown ; blotches often crowded at the large end, and occa- 

 sionally forming a line round the middle. 



Gen. Aquila, Briss. 



Head with flat crown, as well as the neck, clothed with 

 long pointed feathers ; beak long and strong, with a sharp 

 hooked point ; wings long and broad, reaching nearly to the 

 end of the rounded tail ; third and fourth feathers longest. 



Land Eagles. 



Tarsi feathered right down to the toes, the middle toe 

 joined to the outer one by a web as far as the first joint. 



10. AQUILA CHRYSAETOS, Cuv. Kungs Orn. The Golden 



Eagle. D. F. 



Length near 3 ft. ; wing breadth 6 ft. ; tail in the male 

 12 in. ; does not reach beyond the closed wings ; in the 

 female 15 in., extending beyond the closed wings; head 

 and neck above brownish yellow ; chin and throat black ; 

 body above dark brown, more or less tinged with grey, 

 under blackish, with or without a rusty tinge ; in the 



