HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. 
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Order I. RAPTORES. 
Fam. FALCON DZ. 
GOLDEN EAGLE. Aquila chrysaétus (Linneus). 
Resident in Scotland and Ireland only; but it for- 
merly nested in Derbyshire, and is said to have done so 
in the highest part of Cheviot and in North Wales. 
Occasionally occurring in England. 
WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. faliwetus albicilla (Lin- 
neeus). 
Resident in Scotland and Ireland only. Said to 
have nested formerly in Westmoreland, the Isle of 
Man, Lundy Island, Plymouth, and the Isle of Wight. 
Birds of the first year are regular autumnal or winter 
visitants to the south and south-east. 
OSPREY. Pandion haliwetus (Linneus). 
Nests only in Scotland, where it is a summer mi- 
erant. Visits England in spring and autumn, and is 
occasionally met with in Ireland in autumn. 
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