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all. The whole plumage was rich tawny chestnut, rather 

 lighter beneath, and the new autumn feathers, which were 

 growing at the time of the bird's death, were also coming 

 bright chestnut, and without a sign of black. This eagle, 



TAWNY EAGLE. 



which we now have set-up, has also, to our eye, quite a 

 different physical type to A. adcdberti, old or young, being 

 heavier and more massive in build, beak, and claws — 

 indeed, almost vulturine (see photo above). The middle 



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