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Title: The North American Eagles and Their Economic Relations
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Harry C. Oberholser
Subjects: Birds--Maryland.
Publisher: Washington : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Division of Biological Survey
Contributing Library: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries with support from LYRASIS and the Sloan Foundation

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ial. It is practically astrong platform having a slight depression for the e^s, and is com-posed largely of sticks, some of them 2 or 3 inches in diameter, twigs,roots, weed stalks, branches of evergreen, leaves, and rubbish ofvarious kinds, with more or less lining of straw, grass, moss, bits ofbark, pine needles, green or dry leaves, and feathers, and with oftenthe addition of a piece of soap root (Chlorogalum pomeridianum)(in California) or fresh evergreen, apparently as an ornament orbadge of occupancy. The eggs are usually two in number, occasionally one or three,very rarely four, and range in color from plain white to very heavily OQ NORTH AMERICAN EAGLES. marked with various shades of brown. They are not usually depos-ited Oil successive days, but at intervals of sometimes as much as a.week. The period of incubation has been given variously as fromtwenty-five to thirty-five day-: probably thirty days is the averagetime. The voune when first hatched arc4 covered witha white down
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Km;. 2. Breed) ;,r range of the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaHof). which lasts for several weeks until gradually replaced by the newbrown feathers. The young grow rapidly, hut remain a long limein the nest from two to three4 months. They are sometimes sav-age and while in the aery resent any familiarity, hut sometimes maybe bandied almost with impunity; probably individual temperament OLDEN EAGLE. has much to do with this difference. Contrary to the many storiescurrent regarding the fierceness of the golden eagle in defense of itsbrood, it strangely enough very rarely attacks persons \\li approachor even rob its nest. Indeed, al such times it seems to be actuallycowardly, or al least quite unsolicitous for the safety of eggyoung, and at anyones approach quietly leaves the vicinity. Themale apparently does not assist in incubation, but shares in brood-ing the young, and in shading them when the heat of the snn becomestoo great. Fool) HABITS. The golden eagle is apparently not so

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