GOLDEN EAGLE. 19 



Eagles at any age ; and the three anterior toes of both 

 species are therefore figured as a vignette to the White- 

 tailed British Eagle, to show the distinction. The foot 

 on the left hand is that of the Golden Eagle, in which 

 each toe is covered with small reticulations as far as the 

 last phalanx, then with the three broad scales already 

 referred to. In the foot of the White-tailed Eagle, repre- 

 sented by the figure on the right hand, the reticulations 

 are confined to the tarsus, the whole length of each toe 

 being covered with broad scales. 



The figure of the Golden Eagle at the head of this 

 article was taken from a fine specimen at the Garden 

 of the Zoological Society, where it had lived for eight 

 years. 



The figures below represent the crystalline lens and the 

 bony ring of the eye of the Golden Eagle, referred to at 

 page 15. 



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