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THE SPOTTED EAGLE. 



Aquila maculata (J. F. Gmelin). 



In January 1845 two examples of this wanderer to the British 

 Islands were shot near Youghal in Ireland, and one of them — an 

 immature bird — is preserved in the Museum of Trinity College, 

 Dublin. Two young males were shot in Cornwall on December 4th 

 t86o and early in November 1861, as recorded by the late E. H. 

 Rodd ; and on December 28th 1861 a male was shot near Somerley, 

 Hants, by a keeper of Lord Normanton's. Mr. W. A. Durnford 

 states that a bird of this species was picked up dead on Walney 

 Island, Lancashire, in 1875 ; and on October 31st 1885 an example 

 was obtained in Northumberland. In 1891 no fewer than four 

 were taken in Essex and Suffolk between October 29th and 

 December i6th. 



A small form of Spotted Eagle breeds in the forests of Northern 

 Germany and the Baltic Provinces of Russia, wanders to Sweden, 



