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fully a month, during which they grew from the egg to the size and weight of a 
large hen. The first week in May, black pin-feathers began to push up thru 
the down, first appearing on the wings and back. Week after week the stiff black 
feathers grew, but they came slowly, covering the back, wings, head and neck, 
until, by the first week in June, the eaglets were fairly well clothed, except a 
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small white shirt-front. But the wings and feet were still weak. It required 
over three weeks longer for the wing feathers to gain strength and for the feet to 
grow powerful enough for the birds to handle their heavy bodies. So where the 
finch required four weeks to rear a family, it took the eagle a good four months. 
Portland Oregon. 
