Ultima Thule; or, A Summer in Iceland. vol. 1/2

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Here and there an eagle skin may be bought; and in country parts the quills of the royal bird are used as pens. The only species is the white-tailed Haliaetus (H. albicilla or F. leucocephalus).

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