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He seemed to be looking down, but occasionally turned his head 

 from side to side. Once he dropped momentarily his heavily feathered 

 legs. 



Aquila chrysaetos (Linn.). 



Golden Eagle. 



Very rare permanent resident. 



Audubon records one of these birds for southern Labrador in these 

 words: "At Labrador, we saw an individual sailing, at the height of 

 a few yards, over the moss-covered surface of the dreary rocks." 

 Packard says that specimens of the Golden Eagle have been procured 

 in the Ungava district, and that it breeds in the northeastern portions 

 among the hills. A pair also bred at the "Forks" in the Ungava 

 district. Low states that it "breeds at head of Lake Michikamau. 

 Seen in several places along upper Hamilton River." Spreadborough 

 thought he saw one near the "Forks" above Ungava, and, at Fort 

 Chimo, in September, 1896, he saw a skin of one shot a few days before 

 on the river. Bryant saw a single Golden Eagle at Bradore in 1860. 



[Haliaeetus albicilla (Linn.). Ghat Sea Eagle. — Weiz stated that this 

 bird breeds at Okkak, but he was probably in error and confused this species 

 with the Bald Eagle.] 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus C. H. Townsend. 

 Northern Bald Eagle. 



Rare summer resident. 



Frazar saw one at Cape Whittle on the southern coast and states 

 that it is "not a rare summer resident, as I heard of about six pair that 

 bred at different places along the coast and always in trees." Low 

 saw a pair on the Hamilton River below Grand Falls on April 28th. 

 Cartwright obtained three eagle's eggs on April 30, 1775, near Cape 

 Charles. On May 30, 1776, in Sandwich Bay he records two eggs 

 of eagles, and again on June 11, 1773, three eggs. The species is not 

 mentioned. A pair of this species was seen on August 17, 1896, by 

 A. P. Low near Ungava Bay. 



