THE 



BIRDS OF MIDDLESEX. 



Order KAPTORES.— i^am% Falconid.e. 



Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos. 



Whitetailed Eagle, Aquila albicilla. Althoiigli 

 I am unable to record the actual capture of 

 either the Golden Eagle or Whitetailed Eagle in 

 Middlesex, both these birds have nevertheless been 

 observed in the county, and therefore deserve a 

 passing notice. During the autumn of 1859, a 

 gentleman well acquainted with the bird saw a 

 Golden Eagle on the wing in the neighbourhood 

 of Barnet, and the following week the capture of one 

 in Kent was reported. He conjectures that it was 

 the same bird. 



"The Whitetailed Eagle, as a species, is more 

 numerous than the Golden Eagle, and on som^e 

 parts of the coast may be seen frequently." 



The individuals which have occasionally been 

 observed straying inland, in search for food, have 

 no doubt followed the course of a river from its 



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