176 EAGLE : 
leucogaster, in the Malay Archipelago and Australia, and, as allies 
in South Africa and Madagascar, H. vocifer and H. vociferoides 
respectively. All these Eagles! may be distinguished by their scaly 
tarsi, while the group next to be treated of have the tarsi feathered 
to the toes. 
The Golden or Mountain-Eagle, Aquila chrysaetus, is the second 
British species. This also formerly inhabited England, and a nest, 
found in 1668 in the Peak of Derbyshire, is well described by 
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GOLDEN EaGie. (After Wolf.) 
Willughby, in whose time it was said to breed also in the Snowdon 
range. It seldom if ever frequents the coast, and is more active 
on the wing than the Sea-Hagle, being able to take some birds as 
they fly, but a large part of its sustenance is the flesh of animals 
that die a natural death. Its eyry is generally placed and built 
like that of the other British species,? but the neighbourhood of 
1 Much resembling them are the species separated to form the genus 
Haliastur, which some authorities regard as more nearly allied to the KirEs. 
* As already stated, the site chosen varies greatly. Occasionally placed in a 
