Note 165 — {358} CHAP. X.[124]
Reading edition
From Hearne's description of its habits he evidently refers to the white-headed eagle, Haliaetus leucocephalus alascanus Townsend, which is the commoner of the two species of that region. The golden eagle, Aquila chrysætos (Linn.), is rare near the Bay, but in places in the interior, where rocky ledges occur, is sometimes rather common.