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Wings, very large and powerful. Legs, short, stout, and 

 strong. 



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FIG. 161. Golden Eagle. 



There are two 

 sections: theDiur- 

 nal, whose bright 

 eyes are on the 

 ^f> sides of the head, 

 wings pointed, and 

 metatarsus and 

 \ toes covered with 

 scales, as Vultures, 

 Kites, Hawks, Fal- 

 cons, and Eagles, 

 (Fig. 161 ;) and the 

 Nocturnal, whose 

 large eyes are di- 

 rected forward, and surrounded with radiating feathers, 

 metatarsus feathered, plumage soft, as Owls. (Fig. 162.) 



FIG. 162. Barn Owl. 



