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A representative /of our national bird in 
the Pine-tree State settled down to its not 
uncommon banquet of “dead useful. ” How 
large and strong it seemed as it tipped the 
scales at 12 pounds ! ! S3. %. fyritrn', 
O.&O. IX. Dec. 1834. p . /^7 
My last adventure was Aug. 21st, ’85, when I 
drove six miles before daylight to a sheet of water which 
covers about five hundred acres, where I had observed 
Eagles when driving past. After hitching my horse I 
walked about a mile to a point of land where stand 
three large Maple trees. Under one of these I concealed 
myself and waited for daybreak and the Eagles, if there 
were any. I did not wait in vain, for soon after daybreak 
a pair of Bald Eagles came sailing over the water and 
alighted on one of the trees, so close together that I brought 
them both down at one shot. Length of male 80 inches ; 
expanse of wings, 6 feet ; weight, 7 pounds. Length of 
female, 41 inches ; expanse of wings, 7 feet ; weight, 7 
pounds. They are now in my cabinet.— G. L. Kent. 
O.&0. X. Oct. 1085. p. /bo 
Notes from Belchertovra, Mass. 
J.W. Jackson 
Jan. 26 , watched a Bald Eagle for a long 
time flying over the pond, which had been 
drawn off. There were quantities of fish on 
! the banks. 
I failed to make connections with him. 
O.& O.Vol.18, Mar. 1893 P.45 
Rap tore b, Bristol County, Maes. 
Hilton B. Read. 
Bald Eagle, {Ilalliosatus leucocephalus. This 
the largest of our raptores , occurs so rarely, as 
to merit notice, though probably it may occur 
on the coast more frequently than we are 
aware. The following instances are quoted; 
Swansea, July, ’79, (Dexter); Dartmouth, 
August ’81, (Brown); Rehoboth, July, ’82, 
August, ’84, and September, ’85, (Carpenter) ; 
Somerset— Taunton River, July, ’85, (Andros). 
0.&-0. XII. Auer. 1887 
Birds of Bristol County, Mass. 
F. W. Andros. 
Haliceetus leucocephalus (Linn.), Bald Eagle. 
Summer resident, rare. 
O &0. XII. Sept. 1887 p.l3P 
THIS WEEK 
IN CAMBRIDGE 
FIFTY YEARS AGO. 
r Taken from the files of the Chronicle, 
Jan. 8, 1853.] 
Two large eagles were shot in the vi- 
Mniity of Spy pond, *ni West Cambridge, 
on Monday last. They pleasured seven 
feet across their wings from tip to tip. 
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