inn BIRD GALLERY. 



l)lotcliC(l witli I'cddish-ljrowii and Idac, arc usually laid in April ; both 

 liii'ds take part in the duties of incubation. 



Tiie nest exhibited is a second 07ie, the tirst havint;- been destroyed. 



]{oss-shire, .[line. 



PrcxciUcd III/ Cajilubt IS. G, Ih'iil t>; 11 . R. Ojilrii'-Uraiilj Esq. 



No. 158. GOLDEN EAGLE. (A(|uihi clivysai'tus.) 



Owing' to the protection alTorded hy the proprietors of deer-forests^ 

 tiie numbers of this grand l^ird of prey have greatly increased daring 

 I'ecent years. Its breeding-places are now confined to the highlands of 

 Scotland, the Hebrides, and the nortli and west of Ireland, but during 

 exceptionally c(dd seasons it sometimes visits, the .south of Scotland 

 and, very rarely, England. It feeds chielly on mountain-hares, grouse, 

 and ptarmigan, oceasioiuilly taking lambs, fawns, and young red-deer; 

 and a nest, with one nearly full-fledged young eagle, was found to 

 contain nine grouse, four hares, part of a lamb, a water-rat, and various 

 other I'emains. The nest, a large platl'orni of sticks and dead lieather, 

 lined with tufts of eagle-grass and bits of Seoteli fir, is usually placed 

 on a ledge of a cliff, some:imes in a tri'i' or, more rarely, on tlie ground. 

 Two, or sometimes three, greyish-uhite eggs, more or less blotched with 

 rcddish-bi'own and lilac, are laid early in April, and the young are on 

 tlie wing by the beginning of August. 



]\o?s-shire, June. 



rrt'scnled bij Ciqjlain S. G. Rehl if W- R- Oyilvle-Grunl , E.iij. 



No. 159. FLAMINGO. (riiaMiicopterus roseus.) 



This handsome species is merely an accidental straggler to the 

 British Islands in early autunni, at wliich season it likewise wanders to 

 Germany and Northern France. It is distributed over Soutliern Eui'ope, 

 the greater part of Asia, and the whole of Africa. In the countries 

 surrounding the Mediterranean it nests, locally, in large companies on 

 the swampy flats near rivers and lakes, frequently iu the vicinity of the 

 coast. Tlie round nest of mud, slightly hollowed out on the top, is built 

 in shallow water and raised a few inches above the surface. It is rarely 

 a foot in height and the bird, wlien incubating, doubles up its long legs 

 beneath it. The two chalky-white eggs are generally laid in the last 

 week of May. 



Delta of the Guadalquivir, South Spain, May. 

 Presented by Lord LUJ'ord. 



