FALCON. 



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Falco leucocephalus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 124. N° 3, 



L'Aigle a tete blanche, Brif. orn. i. p. 422. N b 2, ,+. BALD 



Le Pygargue, Buf. oif, i. p. 99. E. 



— PL enl. 411. 



Bald Eagle, Catef. Car. i. t. t. 



— — — Am. Zool. N° 



Zfi>. Muf. 



T ENGTH three feet three inches j weight nine pounds. The Description, 



bill and cere are yellow : the irides white : the head, * neck, 

 and tail are white ; the reft of the body dark brown : upper part 

 of the fliins covered with brown feathers, as the reft of the 

 body ; the lower half and toes are yellow 1 claws black* 



Inhabits Europe; but more common in North America, prey- Manner-s.. 

 ing on both flefh and fifti ; the latter it does not procure for itfelf, 

 but, fitting in a convenient fpot, watches the diving of the Ofprey 

 into the water after a fifh, which the moment it has feized, the 

 Bald Eagle follows clofe after, when the Ofprey is glad to efcape 

 by dropping the fifh from his bill -,. and fuch is the dexterity 

 of the former, that it often feizes the unmerited prey before it 

 can fall to the ground. Catejby fays,, the male and, female are 

 much alike. 



* It. does not get this white head and neck till the fecond year*. 



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