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Aquila, chrysaèta, ffinfi:}.
G O L D I S N E A G L E .
A ijw iia Brian.
- L ’Aigb? R o ya l.
O r the two large Eagle:
although rather iufmor
sivcly on p re y ac ipnred
victims *. the Sea Esjjfh",
ca rca ses 3 its babili.i. i*; t
Eagle ¡TCijucu'm in' pi'ijfe
i i i i
th e increase ol\ pojsaiftiuirj a tw ih
dom, an d i t is how oniy to | | | r,l>stt 'T j ip h i ip R S p ^W p ^ ? R
jkjfIs | | Ireland, ad d occasionally in Widen 9 | | | | s$ib<H)gfo tlie mm&nifck Uta'S 3 'uli- >.4:
Cnmberhuid, th e rocky p a rts o f D e rbyshire, and th e b a rren dlstdjet», os ‘ .'own-> t d , vm
th e number o f its bfeediiig-piaces, it is now s-cldons- i f ever* to-foe • found there, a b ird ul
n o t only ex c itin g th e a tten tio n , b a t th e hostility »1^0Qt ins: iuhafoitants o f th e surround'oiii
Continent it is m o re abundant, p a rticula rly in the n o rth ern aud hue. countries. as Norway
p a rts o f R u s s ia : i t is also found, h u t in less abundance, in fre rtu an y and F ranc e, an d still les
o r fu r th e r southwards.
In the cleft o f some inaccessible rock, or, as M» Tesnniinck. states, 00. the tops oi the
forest, the Golden Eagle constructs its- eyrie, and brings up its young, teechiwr them m > i
flesh of the prey, whose remains arc ibhnd scattered in afott&daupe arouiW. Tlic-eggs'
ree, of a dull white stained with dull red,
ing and adult of tins nofoie bird exhibit onai'ked differences of plumage, 0. dreams
tens on Ornttholoef hd- i&s&kc in this iastttane, uk ¿w.itoiniie others, two sjsscies <
w*;
bttt>y«h>f«f degw.M»., txiTr | |
When ;tu fui! | i | | §
: the rest o f the body is o f a di
thighs and tarsi being lighter
colour it is tipped ; beak horn
The immature birds, ¿Sf fthf
brown, with the uwler tdS^ip
fi * i l l l
rirtfiiiqemenfc o f the thir
hwiefr side-of, the tfesgl
nonynr of ftó^»iltiiifcs| I
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