588            ECONOMIC RELATIONS OF OUR BIRDS.
178. AQUILA CHRYSAETUS (LINN.), CUv. GOLDEN EAGLE. GROUP 1Il.
CLASS b.
A regular winter visitor, but only in small numbers.
Food: Living quadrupeds, birds, etc., but it rarely touches a dead body
(De Kay). Young fawns, raccoons, hares, wild turkeys and other large birds,
also carrion (Audubon). Ducks, mice, fawn of the reindeer, Partridges and
other
animals (McFarland). Carrion (E. W. Nelson).
179. HALIAETUS LEUCOcErVHALUS (LINN.), SAV. WHITE-HEADED EAGLE.
GROUP 1II. CLASS b.
This species is resident throughout the year and common in the northern
portion of the state.
Food: Ducks, Geese, Gulls and other seaLfowl and carrion (Wilson). Weakly
lambs, calves, and other animals (Cooper). Fish, wild fowl and small quadru-
peds (De Kay). Wild Geese and other wild fowl, small animals, and is very
partial to fish, which it takes from the Osprey (Samuels). It fishes when
no
Fish Hawk is around (S. S. Haldeman, Am. Nat., Vol. I).
FDOLY 0ATHARTIDE: AMERicA             VULTURES.


FIG. 139.


TURKiY BuzzARD (Cathartes aura). After Bd., Br. and Ridg.