ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF OUR BIRDS. 
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178. Aquila chrysaetus (Linn.), Cuv. GOLDEN EAGLE. Group 111. 
Class b. 
A regular winter visitor, but only in small numbers. 
Food: Living quadrupeds, birds, etc., but it rarely touches a dead body 
(De Kay). Young fawns, raccoons, hares, wild turkeys and other large birds; 
also carrion (Audubon). Ducks, mice, fawn of the reindeer. Partridges and other 
animals (McFarland). Carrion (E. W. Nelson). 
179. Haliaetus leucocephalus (Linn.), Sav. WHITE-HEADED EAGLE. 
Group III. Class b. 
This species is resident throughout the year and common in the northern 
portion of the state. 
Food: Ducks, Geese, Gulls and other sea-fowl and carrion (Wilson). Weakly 
lambs, calves, and other animals (Cooper). Fish, wild fowl and small quadru¬ 
peds (De Kay). Wild Geese and other wild fowl, small animals, and is very 
partial to fish, which it takes from the Ospiey (Samuels). It fishes when no 
Fish Hawk is around (S. S. Haldeman, Am. Nat., Vol. I). 
Family CATHARTID^: American Yultures. 
Fig. 139. 
Turkey Buzzard {Cathartes aura,). After Bd., Br. and Ridg. 
