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BRITISH BIRDS.
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THE GOLDEN EAGLE.
(Falco Chrysætos, Linnæus.—Le grand Algle, Buffon.)
This is the largest of the genus; it measures, from the point of the bill to the extremity of the toes, upwards of three feet; and in breadth, from wing to wing, above eight; and weighs from sixteen to eighteen pounds.
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