WASHINGTON EAGLE. 
( Falco TVashingtonianus , Audubon, Plate, Loudon's Magaz. Nat. 
Hist. No. 2. July, 1828. p. 115.) 
Spec. Charact. — Tail and upper parts dark brown, beneath red- 
dish brown, with darker lines ; cere and naked tarsus yellow ; 
bill blackish. — Young , more or less spotted with white, particu- 
larly beneath. 
It is to the indefatigable Audubon, that we owe the 
distinct notice and description of this noble Eagle, which 
