WHITE-TAILED EAGLE.— OSPREY. 3 



trapped in one of the large woods on the Cowdray estate, 

 which mnst be distinct from that recorded as taken on the 

 same estate just when the first edition of that work was 

 passing through the press, namely in 1849. The ' Zoologist ' 

 records : — " A magnificent specimen of this Eagle was shot in 

 December 1859, feeding on a dead turtle, at Birling gap. 

 It had been seen in the neighbourhood for several days'' 

 (p. 6889). A female Eagle, in fine plumage, taken while 

 feeding on a gull, near Shoreham ; she had the tail about two 

 thirds white, and was preserved by ]Mr. Pratt, of Brighton 

 (p. 8875). And another immature specimen, shot by the 

 head keeper of Lord Gage, in the Compton Wood, Firle 

 Park, preserved by Mr. Swaysland, of Brighton (p. 1512). 

 An immature bird was obtained at Shoreham harbour, in 

 February 1881, where it had been seen for a few days feeding 

 on the rejectamenta on the beach, picking up its food near 

 the water, and retiring with it to the full of the heach, where 

 it was very difficult to approach. As this term full of the 

 beach may very probably be an expression which, except to 

 an inhabitant of the coast of Sussex, might not be intelli- 

 gible, I will here explain that it is applied by the sailors, 

 fishermen, coastguard, and all whose vocations lead them to 

 pass a large portion of their lives on the beach, to that part 

 of it which has been cast up to a higher point than the rest 

 by some unusually high tide, and remains the highest point, 

 till again removed by some remarkable storm, or some still 

 more extraordinary tide. 



OSPREY. 



Pandion haUceetus. 



On June 14th, 1843, I saw one of these birds flying near 

 some large ponds at Bolney, and I heard, from Mr. Marshall 



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