130 BIRDS OF CHESHIRE. 
now in his possession.! Mr. H. Garland has an example 
that he trapped in winter near Aldford, using a goose 
for a bait... We have seen a bird which was shot on 
Carrington Moss some time in the eighties, and was 
stuffed by Samuel Penney of Ashton-on-Mersey. As 
recently as the autumn of 1895, a Rough-legged Buzzard 
frequented the moors at Goyts Clough for several days, 
until it was taken in a trap baited with a dead rabbit, 
by one of the keepers. It is now preserved at the Cat 
and Fiddle Inn. 
GOLDEN EAGLE. 
AQUILA CHRYSAETUS (Linneus). 
[In 1845, the late T. W. Barlow recorded the 
occurrence of a Golden Eagle at Somerford Park.? 
He mentioned that the bird, which had been preserved, 
was in the possession of Sir C. P. Shakerley; but Sir 
Walter Shakerley tells us that, though he has often 
heard of an Eagle which was killed at Somerford, all 
trace of it has now been lost. Mr. Barlow also stated 
that a Golden Eagle had been taken some years 
previously at Eaton. The Rev. F. O. Morris in his 
History of British Birds alludes to these two birds, 
and adds that ‘another was captured in Cheshire,’ ? 
In none of these three cases was any evidence of 
identification adduced ; and as the majority of Golden 
Eagles reported from time to time in the country 
prove on investigation to be White-tailed Eagles, it 
is inadvisable on such slight grounds to include the 
Golden Eagle in the Cheshire list.] 
1 Dobie, op. cit. p. 313. 
2 Zoologist, ser. I. vol. iii. p. 1022. 1845. 
3 History of British Birds, vol. i. p. 15. 
