THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE 



(hali.^etus albicilla) 



TTTE are glad to say that this magnificent species 



' ' still retains a place in the British avifauna, 



and, although recently threatened with complete 



extermination, has slightly increased in numbers of 



late years, thanks to the efforts which on more 



than one estate have been made to protect it. 



The White-tailed Eagle was formerly much more 



widely dispersed over Britain than is now the case ; 



still, we trust that for years yet to come it may 



remain an ornament to some of the wildest and 



most romantic scenery our isles can boast. We 



have ample evidence to show that within the past 



hundred years this Eagle actually bred on the 



Isle of Man, and in the English Lake District so 



recently as 1835 ! Among other English stations 



that once could boast the eyrie of this Eagle may 



be mentioned Lundy Island, the Isle of Wight, and 



possibly Cornwall. In the Lowlands of Scotland 



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