36 ORNITHOLOGICAL RAMBLES. 



LETTER III. 



Nam jam pendebat in auras, 



Et modo factus erat fulvis Haliasetus alis." 



Ovid's Metamorpuoses. 



Sea Eagle often mistaken for the Golden Eagle — Dis- 

 tinctive Characters — Erroneous Nomenclature — 

 Markwick probably mistaken — Common reports 

 to be received with caution — Various instances of 

 the Sea Eagle in Sussex — A sharp Look-out — 

 Catching a Tartar. 



I THINK it is Colonel Hawker who complains 

 that every canine brute as big as a jackass and 

 as hairy as a bear is denominated a fine New- 

 foundland dog. In the justice of this remark 

 every one will be disposed to acquiesce ; and the 

 ornithologist may observe that as great a liberty 

 has frequently been taken with the golden eagle,* 

 for there is not a wider difference between the 

 real Labrador animal and the huge mongrels stig- 

 matized by the " prince of sportsmen/' than be- 

 tween the royal tyrant of the Scottish hills and 



lla chrysaetos. 



