GOLDEN EAGLE. 



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species are therefore figured' as a vignette to the second 

 British Eagle, to show the distinction. The foot on the 

 left hand is that of the Golden Eagle, in which each toe 

 is covered with small reticulations as far as the last pha- 

 lanx, then with the three broad scales already referred to. 

 In the foot of the White-tailed Eagle, represented by the 

 figure on the right hand, the reticulations are confined 

 to the tarsus, the whole length of each toe being covered 

 with broad scales. 



The figure of the Golden Eagle at the head of this 

 article was taken from a fine specimen at the Garden of 

 the Zoological Society, where it has lived for eight years. 



The figures below represent the crystalline lens and the 

 bony ring of the eye of the Golden Eagle, referred to at 

 page 15. 



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