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I t is not until very recently that the confusion which had existed ?n the instance of the Golden Eagle (gen.
Aquila"), as well as in that o f the. Sea Eusgh, and o f the present species (gen- H atiaètus), has by patient
observation been-satisfactorily cleared away. This confusion■linose fro*» p | striking difference in the plumage
g i jhe immature H i pww p .it which characterises ;i p an wrat voodftfìón; ffcnae St was that the White-
headed or Bald Eagle (as it is called bv Wilson)r has been universally confounded with the Bòa Eagle ( I f. albi-
cillà), a species which appears to be exclusively European. I t must, indeed, be confessed that the imraatnre
birds o f both species very closely resemble each other * but; we believe that distinguishing dmracters are not
wanting even at this péribdi rnouv-n iK:rnai>s not ssi'tf .ipiJ-ircnt inum n «uiwiiciai egacunation ; the ivi\ for
example, is longer in the White-headed Eagle, <uui Cite plumage is, lea» regularly varied with brown.
" Sir W. .Tardine, in his notes on Wilson’s description, of this sjwocies, observes, that having had both the
White-headed and the Sea Eagle in his possession tor setx ral years, he has observed their respective manners
to l;o afeo diflei^nt the Wldte-SiesSid .liciug *" iaiorc active un i restless in disposition,’ “ constantly in motion,"
ana.incessantly w>.«rir:g U» s i^ l! iaa!kisi^ asje” i t i s also more fierce and untameahlc.
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