34 THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 



sessed of no grandeur, while that of the lion is 

 a deep and dreadful bass. 



Of all his tribe, the Golden Eagle is the 

 largest and most majestic. He measures three 

 feet in length, seven feet and a half from tip to 

 tip of the wings, and weighs fourteen pounds. 

 The head and neck are clothed with narrow 

 pointed feathers, of a deep brown colour, bor- 

 dered with tawny : the whole body also is of a 

 dark brown, the back being finely clouded with 

 a deeper shade of the same : the tail is brown, 

 irregularly barred with an obscure ash colour. 

 The beak is of a deep blue, and the eye of a 

 hazel colour. The legs are yellow, strong, and 

 feathered to the very feet; and the toes are 

 armed with formidable claws. 



