WHITE-TAILED SEA-EAGLE. 45I 



for hours together. The colour of its plumage is pur- 

 plish-grey, tinged with brown, the edges of the fea- 

 thers lighter. The anterior parts, especially the throat, 

 fore neck, and edges of the wings, are paler. The 

 quills and upper and lower tail-coverts are dark, and 

 the tail is pure white. The bill is pale gi'eenish-yel- 

 low, tinged with grey ; the nearly bare space before the 

 eye pale flesh-coloured ; the eye brownish- yellow ; the 

 feet orange. On the first toe are three entire scutella, 

 on the second three, on the third twelve, on the fourth 

 six. When alarmed, it closes its feathers, stands high 

 on its legs, stretches out its neck, and moves its head 

 slowly in various directions. When uttering its cry, 

 it keeps its body nearly horizontal, stretches its neck 

 upwards, and throws its head a little backwards. The 

 sounds certahdy resemble the syllables queak, queak, 

 queak, when heard near ; but among the rocks they 

 seem to be best represented by klook, or kooluk, or 

 kleek, which may be owing to the reverberation of the 

 sound. 



AQUILA CHRYSAETUS. THE GOLDEN EAGLE. P. 89. 



Having recently been favoured by Mr Carfrae, Pre- 

 server of Animals, Edinburgh, with the inspection of a 

 fresh eagle, the most robust that I have seen, I am en- 

 abled to add the following particulars respecting it to 

 my description of the species. 



This individual weighed 12 lb. 14 oz. 



The bill measured two inches and nine-twelfths along 

 the ridge, two inches and a-half along the edge of the 



