220 GOLDEN EAGLE. 



semble unspotted eggs of the Golden Eagle, but are 

 much rougher and coarser in texture. 



The Sea Eagle has the upper parts brown, becom- 

 ing much lighter on the head and neck ; the under 

 parts are chocolate. As with all this family the female 

 is much bigger than the male, being about thirty-nine 

 inches in length to twenty-eight of the latter. 



GOLDEN EAGLE. 



AQUILA CHRYS^ETUS. 



Family FALCON ID^. Genus AQUILA. 



Black Eagle. 



This noble bird, fitly called the " king of birds," is 

 one of the largest and finest of our birds of prey ; it is, 

 like the White-tailed Eagle, now chiefly confined to the 

 wildest districts of Scotland, though it is nowhere so 



