Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Golden Eagle

Ad. - Back of the head and nape pale, buffy ochraceous; basal two thirds of the tail white; tarsus white, entirely feathered; rest of the plumage fuscous - brown; quills fuscous. Im.- Similar, but base of the tail with broken grayish bars; tarsus and under tailcoverts ochraceous-buff. ♂ L., 30.00- 35-00; Ex., 78-00-84-00; W., 23.00-24-70; T., 14.00-15.00; Tar., 3-65-3.80. L., 35.00- FIG. 71. Foot of Golden Eagle. 40.00; Ex., 84-00-90-00; W., 25-00-27-00; Τ., 15.00-16.00; Tar., 4-15-4-25 (Ridgw.).

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