T'.'V Ui:roirr or STATI; (Ji<;oi,or,isT. 



( 'nli.foniin. however, most of the nests arc ])]jicc(l in trees. The nest 

 is large. Two or three eggs are a set, and but one brood is raised in a 

 year. They begin nesting, in this latitude, in March, and continue 

 through May, and even far north fresh eggs have been found in June. 

 Several days, sometimes a week, intervenes between laying the eggs. 

 Incubation lasts about four weeks. It is performed almost entirely 

 by the female, who is supplied with food by the male. 



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77. UKXI:S HALI/EE'LTSSAVIGNY. 



*140. (352). Haliaeetus leucocephalus (LINN.). 



Bald Eagle. 



Bald Eagle. 



Lower third of leg naked all around. This character will separate 

 it in any plumage from the ({olden "Kagle, which is the only other 

 Kngle in ihc I'nited States. 



Length. :'>n-}:i; wing, >()-?*: tail. I 1-1(5. (Kisher). 



I.\\(JK. - Whole of X'orth America, from Mexico to Arctic coast. 

 Aleutian Ulamk and Kamchatka. 'Breeds locally throughout its 

 range. 



A'r.v/, large, in trees, or on cl ill's; of si icks: sometime- lined with gras- 

 or moss. /V///N. J-3; white; 2.90-2.27. 



Resident locally; formerly common resident throughout the State, 

 and still generally distributed in fall, winter and spring. Through- 

 out the Whitewater Valley, where they formerly nested, and, in fact. 



