Eagle

Inglese

The most frequent of the birds used in heraldry. It is either displayed with wings spread out; reversed contourné, when turned towards the sinister side of the shield; naissant, when only a portion of it is represented as springing from the chief, or from a dividing line in the shield; issant or issuant, when they are seen issuing from the flanks of the shield, or from some figure within it,as a door or den

E008 - Heraldry, english and foreign di William H. Whitmore - edito a New York nel 1896