BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 191 



The White-tailed Eagle (^Haliaelus albicilla, Brisson) is a 

 resident in the British Isles, but, like the Ciolden Eagle, 

 wanders about considerably during the non-breeding season. 

 It is also met with in the Palearctic Region, and in 

 South Greenland. The very old adult has the head and 

 neck ashy-white; upper parts, brown; quills, very dark 

 brown; tail, white; under parts, dark brown; irides, bill, 

 cere, and feet, yellow. Length of male, about twenty-eight 

 inches; female, about thirty-three or thirty-four inches. 

 The females resemble males. The young have the head 

 and tail dark brown. 



