DESCRIPTION. 1(59 



inches long. Female, about 23 inches long, tail 

 about 10 inches long. Adults : Above, varied 

 with whitish and dark-brown ; below, white, with 

 stripes of dark-brown and large markings of red- 

 dish-brown. Melanistic phase: Plumage black, 

 with various intermediate plumage between the 

 complete melanism and the normal plumage. 

 Young : Similar to the adult in colours of plumage. 



107. Golden Eagle. 



Length of male, about 32 J inches, extent about 7 

 feet, tail about 14 J inches, and bill about 1} inches 

 long. Female, about 37 J inches long, extent about 

 7J feet, tail about 15} inches long, bill about If 

 inches long. This species can be distinguished 

 from the Bald Eagle by its legs, which are densely 

 feathered, all round, down to base of toes. Adults : 

 Dark-brown, lanceolate feathers of neck above and 

 feathers of tarsus tawny, tail blackish, clouded or 

 banded with grayish. Young : Similar to adults, 

 but part of tail-feathers whitish from base, feathers 

 on lower parts white beneath surface, and tarsi- 

 feathers paler. 



108. Bald Eagle. 



Length of male, about 32} inches, extent about 7 

 feet, tail about 14} inches, and bill about 2 inches 

 leng. Female, about 40 inches long, extent about 

 8 feet, tail about 15} inches, and bill about 2J 



