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black claws. A day or two before it was sbot it was 

 observed making a meal off a plmiap partridge." 



Genus AQUILA, Brisson. 



GOLDEN EAGLE. 



Aquila clirysaetus (LinniTeus). H.N., i., p. 125 

 (170(3). 



There is a specimen of the Golden Eagle in the Exeter 

 Museum which was killed in Kent, and bequeathed to 

 that institution by the Bev. Bower- Scott. 



Genus HALIAETUS, Savigny. 



WHITE- TAILED EAGLE. 



Haliaetus alhicilla (Linnaeus). 8.N.^ i., p. 123 



(1766). 



Erne or Sea-Eagle. 



This species is a frequent winter visitor to Kent, and 

 unfortunately it suffers for its visits. The occurrences 

 of it in this county, as far as possible, are here recorded. 

 The Kev. J. Pemberton Bartlett (1844) says : " It is not 

 infrequently seen in winter in Bomney Marsh. There is 

 a specimen in the collection of Dr. F. Plomley, which 

 was shot here (Kingston)." 



In Bagshaw's General History of Kent, vol. ii., p. 147, 

 under St. Lawrence, near Bamsgate, at Cliff's End, it 

 is stated: "On February 3, 1848, an Eagle of the fish- 

 ing species was shot by Mr. Thomas Peake, of Cliff's 

 End ; it measured 7 feet across the wings, and was a 



