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HISTORY OP CALIFORNIA. 



GOLDEN EAGLE. 



margin rather paler, ^yhich gives a bold relief to the 

 individual feathers ; coverts of the wings nearly the 

 same ; secondary quills clouded with various shades 

 of brown ; and primary quills black. Tail purplish 

 brown, barred across with blackish brown, and having 

 a broad line of the same across the extremity. The 

 feathers are all remarkable for the firmness of their 

 texture, and their profusion in the eagle feather, whi<;h 



