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THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 
sessed of no grandeur, while that of the lion is 
a deep and dreadful bass. 
Of all his tribe, the Golden Eagle is the 
largest and most majestic. He measures three 
feet in length, seven feet and a half from tip to 
tip of the wings, and weighs fourteen pounds. 
The head and neck are clothed with narrow 
pointed feathers, of a deep brown colour, bor- 
dered with tawny : the whole body also is of a 
dark brown, the back being finely clouded with 
a deeper shade of the same : the tail is brown, 
irregularly barred with an obscure ash colour. 
The beak is of a deep blue, and the eye of a 
hazel colour. The legs are yellow, strong, and 
feathered to the very feet; and the toes are 
armed with formidable claws. 
