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HALIJEETUS ALBICILLA (Linnaeus*). 

 THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. 



Haliceiitus albicilla. 



HALI^ETUS, Samgnyi". Beak elongated, strong, straight at the base, curving 

 in a regular arc in advance of the cere to the tip, and forming a deep hook. The 



* Vultur albiulla (misprint), Linmeus Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 123 (1766). 

 t Systeme des Oiseaux de 1'Egypte et de la Syrie, p. 8 (1810). 

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