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Nesting. Usually in large nests of sticks in tops of tall, isolated trees. 
Distribution. North America, from northern tree limit south to Mexico. In ( anada, 
across the continent, more common on the seacoasts than elsewhere. 
SUBSPECIES. The Canadian bird is the Northern Bald Eagle (l’Aigle a tete 
blanche flu Nord) Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus, separable from the southern sub- 
species bv slightly larger size. 
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Bald Eagle (juvenile); scale, re- 
Appearance in flight. 
Throughout Canada, except on the seacoasts, the Bald Eagle is nothing 
more than a rare, interesting, and picturesque feature of the landscape. 
It is greatly to be regretted that it is usually a target for every gun when 
it comes within range. 
Economic Status. Of 15 stomachs examined: 1 contained game, 
5, mammals; 9, fish; and 2, carrion. In examining these data it is observ- 
able that the 6 stomachs containing mammals and game are winter speci- 
mens and, except one, were taken at a distance from water. Had the 
natural breeding and summer grounds of the Bald Eagle been the source 
of the specimens here studied, the mammals and game would probably 
have been replaced by fish, for this forms the great bulk of its food. I he 
