The American Eagle: A Study in Natural and Civil History"In this book I aim to give a comprehensive picture of the biology and natural history of the American eagle, and to supplement this with a sketch of the part eagles have played in the civil history of mankind from remote antiquity to our own times"--Page vii. |
Contents
The nest as cradle and flyingfield The Girard eagles The | 27 |
CHAPTER III | 51 |
CHAPTER V | 87 |
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