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THE WASHINGTON EAGLE. 
length, and six in breadth. Eyes dark or reddish-hazel. 
The head and neck for about an inch and a half below the 
ears, furnished with a reddish wrinkled skin, and some 
tints of blue, sprinkled with, short black hairs. From the 
hind-head to the neck-feathers the space is covered with a 
black down. The fore-part of the neck is bare to the 
breast-bone. The plumage of the neck is large and tumid, 
and, with that of the back and shoulders, nearly black; 
almost all the rest of the body is of the same colour, in 
parts inclining to brown. Third primary longest. The 
wings extend to the end of the tail. The upper plumage is 
generally glossed with green and bronze, having purplish 
reflections. Legs feathered to the knees; the feet some- 
what webbed. The bill nearly white, often tipped with 
bright olive .green. Weight from four and a half to five 
pounds. 
WASHINGTON EAGLE. (Falco Washing tonii.) 
This splendid bird is found in the mountain regions of 
Kentucky. It is the largest of all the Eagle tribe. Its 
length is three feet seven inches ; extent of wings ten feet 
two inches; bill three inches and a quarter. Length of 
wing when folded thirty-two inches ; length of tail fifteen 
inches ; middle claw four inches and three-quarters ; hind 
