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Hepoht of State GEOLOttiST. 



California, however^ most of the nests are placed in trees. The nest 

 is large. Two or three eggs are a set, and but one brood is raised in a 

 year. They begin nesting, in this latitude, in March, ajtid continue 

 through May, and even far north fresh eggs have been found in June. 

 Several days, sometimes a week, intervenes between laying the eggs. 

 Incubation lasts about four weeks. It is performed almost entirely 

 by the female, who is supplied with food by the male. 



77. Sends HALI^ETUS Savigsy. 



*140. (352). Haliseetus leucocephalus (Linn.V 



Bald Eagle. 



Bald Eagle. 



Lower third of leg naked all anamd. This eharaeter will separate 

 it in any plumage from the Golden Eagle, which is the only other 

 Ra.gle in the United States. 



Length, a(i-43; wing, 20-28; tail, It-K^. (Fisher). 



Rangi']. — Whole of Nm-t.h America, from Mexico to Arctic coast. 

 .Meutiaii Islands, and Kamchatka, Breeds locally throughout its 

 range. 



Nrsl, large, in (rees.or mi dills; of sticks; sometimes lined with .u'ras- 

 iir moss. Eggs. 1-3; white; 2.90-3.37. 



Eesident locally; formerly common resident throughout the State, 

 and still generally distributed in fall, winter and spring. Through- 

 out the Whitewater Valley, where they formerly nested, and, in fact, 



