BALD EAGLE. 
The Bald Eagle, or White-headed Eagle, 
as it is called by Wilson, inhabits most 
parts of America, and especially frequents 
the cataract of Niagara. It is very ac- 
commodating in its appetite, and preys in- 
discriminately on lambs, pigs, swans, and 
the fish, which, as related before, it takes 
away from the unfortunate osprey. Some- 
times it can take fish honorably for itself 
in shallow water, by wading as far as it 
can, and snatching up the fish with its 
beak. Audubon gives a splendid descrip- 
tion of the chase of a swan by an eagle. 
Like the Golden Eagle, this bird lives con- 
