DUNLIN AND GOLDEN EAGLE 



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Fig. 10. Dunlin. 



Chief Features. — A well-known member of the Sandpiper family. 



Its numbers are greatly increased in the Autumn by immigrants 



from the North. It then 



becomes conspicuous on our 



coasts, and little companies 



are continually sweeping by, 



or may be observed searching 



for food. When a flock is 



seen on the wing and the light 



is good, the effect produced, 



as first the upper and then the 



under side are displayed, is 



very pleasing. 

 Plumage. — Rufous crown with 



black streaks ; chestnut 



mantle with black variega- 

 tions; rest of upper parts 



grey; throat and upper portion of breast greyish-white and 



striped; lower breast black; white belly. In Winter the 



plumage is more or less grey above; white underneath, with 



a band of grey on the lower breast. Length. — Female, eight 



inches. 



EAGLE, GOLDEN (Aquila chrysaetus) 



Local Name. — Ring-Tailed Eagle (immature). 



Haunt. — Mountains, lonely glens, and forests in the North of 

 Scotland, and also in Ireland. 



Nesting Period. — March and April, sometimes later. 



Site of Nest. — A precipitous crag, hillside, or tall tree. 



Materials Used. — Twigs, sticks, rushes, heath, etc. 



Eggs. — Two, occasionally Three. Round in shape, dirty white in 

 ground colour, blotched and clouded with various shades of 

 red or reddish-brown. 



Food. — Rabbits, hares, rats, young lambs, fawns, grouse, etc. 



Voice. — Call-note, " bark " or " yelp," frequently repeated, as well 

 as a shriek. J ' l ; * 



Chief Features. — Owing to protection has increased of recent years, 

 but this has had to be withdrawn in some instances because of 

 harm perpetrated. Most solicitous for its offspring, and feeds 

 them with unremitting attention. 



Plumage. — Head, back of neck, and legs reddish-brown and lustrous ; 

 remaining portions of body dark brown ; nearly black primaries ; 

 brownish-black secondaries; dark-grey tail, ink bars and tips 

 of brownish-black ; the strong beak is bluish at base, and black 

 at tip; brown iris; cere and feet yellow; the powerful talons 

 are bluish-black. Length. — Male, thirty-six inches. 



