"Noble bird;" largest eagle known; upper, under blackish-brown; feathers edged pale-brown; hind-neck golden-brown; f., larger. Rabbits, rats, carrion.
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159 Little Eagle, Eutolmaëtus morphnoides, N.G., A.
r. timber 22
Back of head, under rufous striped black; back, rump, wings brown; tail grayish-brown, barred blackish-brown. Carrion, rats, mice.
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160 White-bellied Sea Eagle, Haliaëtus leucogaster, Ind. Malay to A., T., Oceania =vt. American Bald Eagle.
r. shores 30
"Noble species;" white; wing-quills, base-tail blackish-brown; f., larger; young; head buff; upper wings chocolate-brown; under buffy-brown. Dead fish, shellfish. "Floats like a great butterfly."
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