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10 lbs. ; a third from Stornoway, a fine adult bird, 

 a trifle over 13| lbs. 



In January 1875 Mr. Heathcote reported a tame 

 Sea-Eagle at Dunvegan, which used to fly loose and 

 come down when called. When the steamer came 

 in, they used to put bits of meat for it on the paddle- 

 box, and it would come on board to feed. It was 

 eventually killed out of revenge for certain ducks 

 abstracted. At the present time Mr. George Long 

 of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, has a tame Golden 

 Eagle which is occasionally allowed its liberty, and, 

 as I have seen, comes to a lure like a trained falcon. 



Eagles are not subject to much variation of 

 plumage, except that which is dependent upon age. 

 An albino Sea-Eagle, however, was killed at Achin- 

 duich, in the parish of Lairg, in November 1857. 



OSPREY. Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus). PI. 1, figs. 4, 4a. 

 Length, 24 in. ; wing, 19-5 in. ; tarsus, 2-5 in. 



Still breeds in Scotland, where it is a summer 

 migrant ; visits England in spring and autumn, and 

 is occasionally met with in Ireland in autumn. 



According to Willughby ("Ornithology," 1678, 

 p. 21), the Osprey used to nest in Westmorland. He 

 writes : " There is an aery of them in Whinfield Park, 

 preserved carefully by the Countess of Pembroke." 

 This account, for reasons stated, is accepted by 

 Macpherson (Zool 1889, p. 256, 1892, p. 75; and 

 "Fauna of Lakeland," p. 214), but Professor New- 

 ton and Mr. A. G. More (Zool. 1892) have expressed 

 the opinion that the nest was probably that of a 



