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GOLDEN EAGLE (Aquila Chrysattos). 



fearless, they sally forth ; and, swooping from their 

 towering height, bear their paralysed victim aloft 

 in their powerful talons. Being the largest of the 

 Rapacious birds, and possessing a courage and fero- 

 city answering to their size, they disdain the small 

 booty of other Falcons, and select such prey as 

 lambs, fawns, or calves, and even the fox and the 

 dog. Records exist of children, of four or five years 

 old, having been snatched away by them, which 

 seem too circumstantial to be denied. These feats 

 are chiefly ascribed to the Golden Eagle (Aquila 

 Chrysaetos)* of our own country, and indeed of the 

 whole northern hemisphere. 



, chrysos, gold, and as 



, an eagle. 



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