ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
THE KITES, BUZZARDS, EAGLES, HAWKS, AND ALLIES
The Gray Sea Eagle, or White-tailed Eagle
(H. albicilla), also a bird of magnificent size, is found mainly throughout the western portions of the Eastern Hemisphere, and can only lay claim to being North American from its occasional presence in southwestern Greenland. It is distinguished from the former species by the head and neck being a light grayish brown or brownish gray instead of white, and the general coloration less dark.
This species formerly nested in England, but they now no longer breed on the mainland, and only one or two pairs are known to inhabit even the outlying islands.
It has, says Hudson, a more varied dietary than the Golden Eagle, hunting for food both on sea and land.”Like the Osprey, he drops from a considerable height on to a fish seen near the surface, and, striking his talons into it, bears it away to land. But he preys more on Purlins, Guillemots, and other sea-fowl, than on fish. He destroys mountain hares, Grouse, and Ptarmigan, and is regarded by the shepherd as the worst enemy to the flock.
”The nest is usually in cliffs by the seashore, and the eggs are similar in number, size, and color to those of the Bald Eagle.
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