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from below the eye backwards ; plumagi of the neck, long, narrow, 

 and pointed, as is usual with eagles, anc of a Irownish color tip- 

 ped with white. 



The sea eagle is said to hunt at night, as well as during the day, 

 and that, besides fish, it feeds on chickens, birds, hares, and other 

 animals. It is also said to catch fish during the night ; and that 



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THE SEA EAGLE. 



the noise of its plunging into the water is heard at a great distance. 

 But, in the descriptions of writers, this bird has been so fre- 

 quently confounded with the osprey, as to leave little doubt that 

 the habits and manners of the one have been often attributed to 

 both, and others added that are common to neither. 



The gun, poisoned meats, or traps baited with meat or fish, are 

 the only means of destroying eagles. 



THE CROW. This is perhaps the most generally known, and 

 least beloved, of all our land birds ; having neither melody of song 



