BiKDS OF Indiana. 793 



in all the region east and south of the Wabash Eiver, it is not now 

 known to breed. There they appear in October and November, and are 

 seen until March, and sometimes late April. One was noted at Brook- 

 ville, April 19, 1881. Its former oecurfence led to a number of 

 streams, fords and lakes, and other topographic features, receiTing the 

 distinctive name Eagle. It has recently been reported as breeding in 

 Laporte County, 1885 (Byrkit); Knox County, 1886 (Ridgway); may 

 breed yet, noted April 18 and 26, 1897 (Chansler); Porter County, 

 near De Motte, 1894 (Pfrimmer). In Lake County it bred quite com- 

 monly 40 years ago. Still breeds in limited numbers in the tall trees 

 along the Kankakee Eiver (Meyer, Ball). Found breeding near 

 Tolleston in 1871, and at Water Valley in 1886 (Aiken). August 8, 

 1887, Mr. F. M. WoodrufE saw five Bald Eagles at Miller's, Ind., and 

 shot one, which proved to be a young one. August 31, he took a 

 female, and found a nest about one mile south of the sand hills in the 

 pine timber. 



In Starke County, at English Lake, they still breed regularly. I 

 have reports from there for a number of years. In 1893 two pairs 

 were found nesting within a half mile. One nest was found February 

 37, when it was repaired, and probably contained eggs. It was about 

 80 feet up in a dead elm. The other was found March 6. It was 

 in the top of a tall sycamore (Deane). Mr. Joseph E. Gould took three 

 fresh eggs from a nest in a sycamore tree, sixty-five feet up, at English 

 Lake, March 19, 1893 (0. and 0., April, 1893, p. 64). They for- 

 merly bred along the Tippecanoe River, in Carroll County (Ever- 

 mann); and in Dekalb County, where it is possible they may yet, 

 1890 (H. W. McBride). One of their nests, built near the river about 

 five miles west of Brookville, was used by them for many years. While 

 in general the nest is in trees, from 30 to 100 feet up, it is sometimes 

 found on projections of cliffs; on the coast of Texas, rarely, on the 

 ground. 



The nest is very bulky, and is often repaired, and used for many 

 years. Nesting begins with us late in February, and continues 

 through March, sometimes in April. Eagle Ford, near by, so-called on 

 account of this well-known nest, will continue to designate the lo- 

 cality. 



The eggs are laid at intervals of three or four days. Both birds 

 take part in incubation, which lasts about a month. But one brood 

 is raised in a year. 



The Bald Eagle, in its adult form, is the emblem of the United 

 States. It will, in that plumage, be readily recognized by its white 

 head and tail. As in hawks, the female exceeds the size of the males. 



