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AQUILA CHRYSAETOS. 
CuHar. Dark brown, head and neck tawny brown; legs feathered to 
the toes; in the young, tail whitish, with broad terminal band of black. 
Vest. On a tree, sometimes on a high cliff; loosely built of dry sticks, 
lined with twigs, grass, moss, leaves, and feathers. 
£ggs. 2-3 (usually 2); dull white or pale buff, spotted and blotched 
more or less thickly with reddish brown and lavender ; 3.00 X 2.30. 
This ancient monarch of the birds is found in all the cold 
and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, taking up 
his abode by choice in the great forests and plains, and in wild, 
desert, and mountainous regions. His eyry, commonly formed 
of an extensive set of layers of large sticks, is nearly horizontal, 
and occasionally extended between some rock and adjoining 
