76 WHITE EAGLE. 



claws, the middle of which are two inches or more 

 in length. 



The Golden Eagle is a native of several parts 

 of Europe and Asia, building its eyry or nest on 

 the summits of rocks, &c. ; the nest, like that of the 

 Ring-tailed Eagle, is flat, extremely large, and 

 composed of twigs and branches, interlaced and 

 covered by layers of rushes, heath, &c. The 

 female is said to lay two eggs, or three at the most, 

 one of which is generally unproductive. 



The Golden Eagle has the reputation of great 

 longevity, and is said to have survived a century. 



Var. ? 



WHITE EAGLE. 



Falco cygneus. F. totus albas. Lath. ind. om. 



Eagle entirely white. 



Aquila alba cygnea. Klein. Hist. av. p. 42. AMrov.av. p. 



231. Gesn. av. p. 1QQ. 

 L'Aigle blanc. Briss. av. J . p. 424. 



Size of the Golden Eagle, and entirely white as 

 snow. Mentioned by Albertus Magnus, and from 

 him by Gesner and Aldrovandus, and succeeding 

 writers. Albertus says it inhabits the Alps, and 

 the rocks on the borders of the Rhine ; and that 

 it preys not only on hares, rabbets, &c. but some- 

 times on fish, for which reason Aldrovandus sup- 

 poses it to be more allied to the Osprey than 

 to any other kind of Eagle. It does not appear 



