EAGLES. 
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and we also possess specimens from Ne'w Holland, 
while it has been remitted by Seibold from Japan. 
Among the Aquiline group the eggs still retain 
the comparatively rounded form, but the ground 
colour is pale, and there is a want of very decided 
markings. 
PLATE XI. 
Eggs of Golden Eagle and Osprey, 
will illustrate the eggs of two birds belonging to 
this group. Fig. 1, that of the Golden Eagle, is 
a variety more than usually blotched with mark- 
ings of rich purplish brown. It was procured in 
the county of Sutherland. Fig. 2, the Osprey, 
was taken from a nest in Loch Menteith. The 
egg of the Sea Eagle is commonly almost pure 
white, or very slightly blotched. 
Aquila, generic characters. — Bill lengthened, 
straight at the base, but much hooked towards 
the tip ; edges of the mandible with a faint 
obtuse lobe ; nostrils oval, and placed trans- 
versely ; wings with the fourth and fifth 
quills longest ; tarsi and feet strong, the 
former feathered for the whole or a portion 
of their length ; toes comparatively short ; 
claws remarkably strong and hooked, grooved 
beneath, outer and hind claws longest. 
