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FALCO FULVUS. 
had the gratification of seeing a fine specimen of . , 
eagle at Mr Brano’s museum. It was a male i® [(t , 
plumage, and beautifully preserved. I wished to P. ( 
chase it, with a view to carry it to Europe, but 
price put upon it was above my means. tj 
“ My excellent friend, Richard Harlan, M. D. °L y 
city, speaking of this bird, in a letter, dated ‘ ” 1 j 
delphia, August 19, 1830,’ says, ‘ That fine speo'^'s 
of Washington eagle, which you noticed in B r * a 
museum, is at present in my possession. I , 
deposited it in the academy, where it will most b. ,j; 
remain.’ I saw the specimen alluded to, which, 
far as I could observe, agreed in size and ma r ' i 
exactly with my drawing, to which, however, f 
not at the time refer, as it was, with the whole ^ 
collection, deposited in the British Museum, 
the care of my ever kind and esteemed > rl 
J. G. Children, Esq. of that institution. wf 
“ The glands containing the oil used for the p ur ‘ )f |< 
of anointing the surface of the plumage are extr®’ A 
large. Their contents have the appearance of y 
lard, which had been melted and become rancid. ^ 
bird makes more copious use of that substance ^jt 
the white-headed eagle, or any of the tribe to wh 11 ,r 
belongs, excepting the fish-hawk, the whole ph*'.^l 
looking, upon close examination, as if it had 
a general coating of a thin clear dilution of gum- 8 ! 11 
and presenting less of the downy gloss exhibited J’vjj l 
upper part of the white-headed eagle’s plumage- ■ 
male bird weighs 144 lb. avoirdupois, and mea sll ^ 11 (.’ 
feet 7 inches in length, and 10 feet 2 inches in eS* 
4. FAT.CO FULVUS. RING-TAIL, OR GOLDEN EAGL®- 
J]f' 
Dr Richardson says, at page 12 of the fl° T s sF 
Zoology ,- — “ This powerful bird breeds in the r ® 
of the sub-alpine country which skirts the 
Mountains, and is seldom seen farther to the ^ it 
ward. It is held by the aborigines of Americ a > ^ ii 
is by almost every other people, to be an efflb 
