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The golden, or mountain, eagle (genus Aquila— whence aquiline, meaning eaglelike) is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere, in the United States found mostly in the West. The adult is sooty brown with tawny head and neck feathers; unlike those of the bald eagle, its legs are feathered to the toes.

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