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killed, the survivor soon finds a new mate and returns with it to 
the old haunts. The females are always larger than the males. 
The Golden Eagle does not nest in this part of Canada, but 
breeds in the neighborhood of Quebec. Several have been killed 
here in this district and one was captured on the river Humber, 
four miles west of the city of Toronto. It lived in confinement 
some time. The color of this bird is rich blackish-brown on the 
greater part of the body, the head and neck being covered with 
feathers of a rich golden-red, which gives the bird its name. The 
legs and thighs are greyish-brown, the tail dark grey, with dark 
bars across it. The cere and feet are yellow ; legs feathered down 
to the toes. | In its immature plumage the Golden Eagle has 
a different aspect and formerly puzzled many naturalists, who 
took it to be a separate species. Its color is reddish-brown, legs | 
and sides of the thighs nearly white and the tail white for the first 
three-quarters of its length. The length of an adult female is 3 
feet, 6 inches, and expanse of her wings is 9 feet. 
