349. (American Ornithologists' Union check-list #) Golden Eagle: Aquila chrysaetos (Linn.) Adult--Dark brown; back of head and neck rusty, with pointed feathers; the lower part of leg (tarsus) covered with white feathers. "Length--30.00 to 35.00. 35.00 to 40.00." Breeding Range--Rarely east of the Mississippi, breeding probably in the mountainous regions of New York and New England. The nest is placed usually on rocky cliffs, but sometimes in trees; it is very large, being as much as "four feet in depth and five feet in diameter," and is made of "sticks and lined with straw stubble, green grass, and twigs in leaf" (Davie). The eggs, 2 or 3 in number, are whitish, blotched, spotted, and faintly clouded with chestnut brown and pale lavender. Size--2.95 x 2.28. The Golden Eagle breeds in the mountains of the West, and is rarely found nesting in the Eastern States. In California the eggs are laid toward the end of February.