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FALCONING. HALIAETUS. 
with a slight obtuse process, and a shallow sinus close to 
the strong trigonal tip ; lower mandible, with the dorsal 
outline slightly convex, the tip obliquely truncate. Head 
large, oblong, flattened above. Nostrils oblong, oblique, 
near the ridge. Neck of moderate length. Body very large. 
Feet rather short, very robust; tarsi roundish, covered an- 
teriorly with the transvere scutella, posteriorly with large, 
laterally with small scales ; toes robust, free, scutellate 
above ; claws large, curved, rounded, flat beneath, acumi- 
nate. Plumage compact, imbricated ; feathers of the head 
and neck narrow and pointed ; space between the bill and eye 
barish, being sparsely covered with bristle-like feathers, dis- 
posed in a radiating manner. Wings long, the second and 
third quills longest, the outer five cut out abruptly on the 
inner web. Tail rather long, rounded. Duodenum convo- 
luted. 
13. 1. Haliaetus Washington!, Aun. Washington Sea- 
Eagle. 
Plate XL Male. 
Tarsus and toes uniformly scutellate in their whole length. Bill 
bluish-black, cere yellowish-brown, feet orange-yellow, claws bluish- 
black. Upper part of the head, hind neck, back, scapulars, rump, tail- 
coverts, and posterior tibial feathers blackish-brown, glossed with a 
coppery tint ; throat, fore-neck, breast, and belly light brownish-yel- 
low, each feather with a central blackish-brown streak ; wing-coverts 
light greyish-brown, those next the body becoming darker ; primary 
quills dark brown, deeper on their inner webs ; secondaries lighter, 
and on their outer webs of nearly the same light tint as their coverts ; 
tail uniform dark brown. 
Male, 43, 122. 
From Louisiana northward. Exceedingly rare. The specimen 
figured procured in Kentucky. One seen in Labrador. 
Bird of Washington, Falco Washingtonij, Ann, Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 58. 
14. 2. Haliaetus leucocepbalus, Linn. White-beaded Sea- 
Eagle. — Bald Eagle. 
Plate XXXI. Adult Male, Plate CXXVI. Young. 
Male. Tarsus with a few scutella; toes terminally scutellate. Male 
with the bill, cere, iris, and feet yellow ; the head, the neck for half its 
