THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 61 



Description. 



CHAP. IV. 



" High from the summit of a craggy cliff, 

 Hung o'er the deep, such as amazing frowns 

 On utmost Kilda's shore, whose lonely race 

 Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds, 

 The royal eagle draws his vig'rous young, 

 Strong-pounc'd, and ardent with paternal.fire ; 

 Now, fit to raise a kingdom of their own, 

 He drives them from his fort, the towering seat, 

 JOT ages, of his empire." 



THOMSON. 



THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 



THE golden eagle is a very large species, some- 

 times measuring three feet from the bill to the 

 insertion of the tail; and the wings, when ex- 

 tended, are more than seven feet from point to 

 point. The bill is very strong, hooked, and of a 

 deep blue; the head and neck are of a dark 

 brown, bordered with tawny: the hind-part of 

 the head is of a bright rust colour, and the rest 

 t f the body brown. The tail is barred with ash- 

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