74 THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 



by Mr. Foster, landlord of the Wheat Sheaf Inn, 

 whose kitchen ceiling the stufted bird adorned, with 

 expanded wings, for many years. This Eagle had 

 lifted many lambs from the neighbourhood. 



The former residence of this species among the 

 mountains of Cumberland is rendered slightly 

 dubious, by reason of its not having been con- 

 stantly distinguished from the White-tailed Eagle. 

 But, since Richardson, at the close of the last 

 century, expressed a strong opinion that most of 

 the Eaofles then seen in the Ulleswater district 

 were Golden Eagles, adding that a Golden Eagle 

 was certainly caught near Keswick in 1793 ; we 

 conclude with Sir W. Jardine and Mr. Harris, that 

 the Golden Eagle resided in Cumberland in the last 

 century. In Westmorland, Mr. Richardson states 

 that a pair of Golden Eagles tried to breed in 

 Martindale in 1788 and 1789, the female being 

 trapped in 1788 ; the male returned, after three 

 weeks' absence, with a fresh partner. The male 

 was killed in 1789, when the "relict" departed. 



Genus HALIAETUS. 



H. Alhicilla. White-tailed Eagle, 



The White-tailed Eagle is a rare casual visitant. 

 An immature specimen, wounded in the autumn of 

 1834 by Mr. Gill, near Alston, survived its injuries 

 for many years. A second was captured by a shep- 

 herd on Black Coomb, in 1838. {2\ N. Postlethwaite, 

 MS., cited by Mr. Mitchell as taken "near 

 Broughton-in-Furness," B. of Lancashire, p. 110.) 

 Dr. Heysham stated, in 1796-7, that this species 



