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J. Wolf& H.C. Richter, del et lith Prints by courtesy of the London Library 
GOLDEN EAGLE - Aquila c. chrysaetus. 
We begin our reproductions from John Gould's "British Birds" with four 
of the most spectacular birds in the British Isles. They belong to the family 
known as the accipitriformes; the diurnal birds of prey. Most majestic is the 
Golden Eagle, which now breeds only in the Highlands of Scotland and the 
Hebrides. This great bird, with its wing span of seven to eight feet, was once 
supposed to carry off human babies to feed its young. In fact, it leaves even 
its own eyrie on the approach of man. 
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