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PALCO CHRYSAETOS. 
GOLDEN EAGLE. 
Cere yellow ; legs downy, yellowish- 
rusty; body variegated brown and rusty; 
tail black, waved at the base with cine- 
reous. 
Falco Chrysaetos, Lin. Gme. 
Le Grand Aigle, Buffon. 
Golden Eagle, Lath. Pen. Graves, Bew. 
Mont. Shaw. 
The Golden Eagle is regarded as the chief 
of the European Eagles. It measures, from 
the tip of the beak to the end of the tail, 
three feet six inches, and from tip to tip of 
the wings, when extended, somewhat more 
than eight feet. It weighs from twelve to 
fourteen pounds. 
The female has been known to measure 
nine feet in breadth, and four feet in length* 
and to weigh sixteen pounds. It differs but 
little in the colour of its plumage from the 
male. 
This bird builds its eyry or nest in the 
