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The National Geographic Magazine 



C.Ot.DEN liACI.E 



From the Biological Sur\-ey 



The most widely distributed of tlie eagles. It ranges o\-er most of North Ameriea and a 

 large part of the old world. In sections of California the Golden Eagle feeds on ground 

 squirrels and is wholly beneficial, while in some other parts of its range it feeds on lambs and 

 wild game and is a noxious species. 



