20 GOLDEN EAGLE. 



rest of the body. The feet are at first greyish yellow, which 

 merges into pure yellow; the expanse of the foot seven inches, 

 including the claws; the middle toe measures three inches and 

 a half in length, and there are on it three or four large 

 scales; and on the outer, inner, and hinder toes, three, on 

 the last joint of each. The claws are black, much hooked, 

 and very formidable weapons of attack or defence, the middle 

 one being three inches in length. During the first year there 

 is a well-defined white bar on the upper and larger half of 

 the tail, but after this period, it is at each moult encroached 

 upon by the brown colour of the lower half, until the roots 

 alone of the feathers remain white. 



