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 True Eagles
(Subfamily Aquilince.) — It is perhaps unnecessary to state that the Eagles form a large group of magnificent, usually large, powerful birds of practically cosmopolitan distribution.
They are comprised in several genera and forty or more species, and naturally the genus giving name to the subfamily is taken as typical. In the genus Aquila the bill is strong and curved from the vicinity of the cere.
The wings are long, with the fourth and fifth quill longest, while the tail is of moderate length and slightly rounded or nearly even; the tarsus is feathered to the toes, thus differing from the Sea Eagles, and the toes are strong and provided with strongly curved, very large and sharp claws.
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