4 HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS 



Although it is the usual habit of the Golden 

 Eagle to breed in cliffs, the nest is occasionally 

 placed in a tree. One such is figured in Harvie- 

 Brown and Buckley's " Fauna of the Moray Basin," 

 vol. ii. p. 54. Dr. John Hill, in his "History of 

 Animals," 1752, states that he shot a Golden Eagle 

 in Charlton Forest, Sussex, and once found a nest 

 there. He describes the bird as " the size of a 

 turkey, of the weight of not less than 10 lbs. or 12 

 lbs., and with legs feathered down to the toes." 



In The Zoologist for 1889, p. 232, is reported a 

 remarkable capture of a Golden Eagle alive, owing 

 to a pair having fought and got their talons in- 

 extricably interlocked. The incident occurred at 

 Stratherrick, on the estate of Captain Fraser of 

 Farraline, and the captive was purchased by Mr. 

 Henderson of Inverness, and presented by him to 

 the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park. 



In October 1892 I received a female Golden 

 Eagle in the second year's plumage that had been 

 trapped in Argyllshire : in expanse of wing it mea- 

 sured 7 ft, and its weight was 9 lbs. 10 oz. ; one 

 from Ross-shire in September 1897 weighed 11 lbs., 

 and another from Gal way in October 1889, 12^ lbs. 



An immature Golden Eagle preserved in the 

 British Museum has patches of white on the shoul- 

 ders like an Imperial Eagle, It was shot in Berrie- 

 dale in February 1878. 



Several cases are on record of captive Eagles 

 having hatched the eggs of geese and poultry, and 

 reared chickens. The late Duke of Argyll reported 



