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BALD EAGLE. 



washington eagle. 

 Hali^etus leucocephalus. 



Char. Adult : blackish brown, paler on margin of feathers ; head and 

 tail white after third year; bill and feet yellow; legs bare of feathers. 

 Young: darker than the adult; no white on head or tail (or concealed by 

 contour feathers); bill and feet brownish. 



Length 30 to 40 inches. (The young are larger than the adult birds, 

 and are very similar to the young of the Golden Eagle, though the latter 

 are easily distinguished by their feathered legs.) 



Nesi. On a high tree, usually in a crotch, seldom on a dead tree, some- 

 times on a cliff ; made of dry sticks loosely arranged, and occasionally 

 weed-stems and coarse grass are added ; but there is rarely any attempt at 

 a lining. 



£^gs. 2-3; white or pale buff; 2.90 X 2.25. 



