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the tail are white, excepting towards their extremities, 

 where they are blackish ; and the legs are clothed with a 

 reddish-brown plumage. This species is found in the 

 northern parts of England, in Scotland, and in other 

 countries. They build their nests upon inaccessible cliffs : 

 and the female seldom lays more than two or three eggs ; 

 on which she sits thirty days before they are hatched. 



THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 



This is the noblest and largest of the eagle kind ; being 

 about three feet long, and the expansion of the wings up- 

 wards of seven feet. The head and neck are covered with 

 narrow, sharp-pointed, dark-brown feathers, edged with 

 tawny ; the whole body is a dark brown, the plumage on 

 the back being delightfully shaded with a deeper tinge of 

 the same colour. The legs are feathered down to the 

 feet, and the toes are armed with formidable claws. 



This species is found in the mountainous parts of 

 Ireland, and generally breeds in the loftiest cliffs. It has 

 also, at times, been seen in Caernarvonshire ; but in that 

 country it is migratory. 



THE SEA-EAGLE. 



This bird is found in several parts of Great Britain and 

 Ireland. It has generally been confounded with the 

 golden eagle, from the great similarity in their colours ; 

 but the sea-eagle may be easily distinguished by the 

 nakedness of its legs, and more so by its peculiar 

 habits. It is generally supposed to derive its subsistence 

 from the water ; darting down with unerring aim on fish, 

 as they sportively swim near the surface, from a very 

 considerable height. 



THE FALCON KIND. 



riiere is much confusion in the arrangement of this 

 family, as is generally the case in animals whose breed 



