CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 219 



GOLDEN EAGLE. 

 Case 305. 



The Golden Eagle is stated by several writers to 

 be raioidly disappearing from the British Islands ; 

 there is, however, I am well cc^vinced, but little 

 fear that the bird is in any danger of beino- 

 exterminated for many years to come. 



If the Eagles of former days showed any 

 bravery in the defence of their nests and young, 

 I am afraid the race has sadly degenerated, as 

 more cowardly brutes than those specimens' of 

 the ''noble bird" that have come under my own 

 observation would be hard to find. 



The case is copied from a nest in Sutherland- 

 shire. 



The specimens were obtained in the Western 

 Highlands in the Spriog of 1877. 



GOLDEN EAGLE.--(lMMATURE.) 

 Case 306. 



The Eagles are here shown in different stages of 

 plumage. The bu-d on the left hand is a°lmost 

 adult; the other, in the immature state, probably 

 just a year old. 



Eotli specimens were trapped in the Western 

 Highlands in the Spring of 1877. 



