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VOLUME XXVI— No. 3. 
NEW-YORK, MARCH, 1867. 
NEW SERIES— No. 242. 
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THE BALD E A G L E— (Hulietus lucoccphalas.) — DrawnandBngravsclforthe American Agriculturist. 
The Bald or White Headed Eagle, is, without 
dispute, one of the most striking and beautiful 
of the eagles, from his dark heavy plumage, white 
head and tail. There is nothing particularly 
noble about the bird, and many have considered 
it unfortunate that lie was made the national em- 
blem. Bald Eagles are occasionally seen in all 
the States of the Union. In winter they arc fre- 
quently quite common along the coast. We have 
seen them in groups along the Sound coast of 
Connecticut, so tired as to bo easily approached, 
probably having been blown by some storm far 
out to sea, and having made the coast at that 
point. This eagle lives upon fish, birds, and 
such animals as it can catch and overpower. 
Often it lets the Fish Hawk catch the fish, and 
then pursues the hawk, thus impeded ill its 
flight, forces it to let its prey fall, when, adroitly 
turning, the eagle robber catches it in the air. 
In certain feats of flight, it surpasses all other 
birds — soaring in circles out of sight, without 
perceptibly moving its wings; closing its wings 
and dropping perpendicularly from immense 
heights, and with the sound of a rushing wind. 
The length of these birds is about 85 to 10 
inches, and the spread of the wings about seven^ 
feet. The plumage of the body and wings is 
brownish black, that of the thickly feathered 
head and the tail being white, in adull 1 lirdsonly ; 
the fee) are yellow, and the beak a paler yellow 
