Читать книгу Audubon's Birds - John James Audubon - Страница 6

Bill short, stout, cerate; upper mandible with the tip elongated and decurved; lower mandible rounded and thin edged at the end. Head rather large, broadly ovate, feathered. Eyes large, with prominent superciliary ridges. External aperture of ears of moderate size, and simple. Tarsus longer than the middle toe; claws very large, much curved, extremely acute. Plumage full and generally compact.

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Plate 11

Falconine Birds

Wings very long and broad. Oesophagus excessively wide and dilated into a crop; stomach large, membranous, its muscular fasciculi placed in a single series; intestine short and rather wide, or very long and slender. The young, when fledged, generally having their lower parts longitudinally streaked. Eggs: from two to six, ovate, or round. Nest on trees, rocks, or the ground.

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

Plate 31

Falconine Birds