36 ORNITHOLOGICAL RAMBLES. 



LETTER III. 



' Nam jam pendebat in auras, 



Et modo factus erat fulvis Haliseetus alls." 



OVID'S METAMORPHOSES. 



Sea Eagle often mistaken for the Golden Eagle Distinc- 

 tive Characters Erroneous Nomenclature Mark- 

 wick probably mistaken Common reports to be 

 received with caution Various instances of the Sea 

 Eagle in Sussex A sharp Look-out Catching a 

 Tartar. 



I THINK it is Colonel Hawker who complains 

 that every canine brute as big as a jackass and 

 as hairy as a bear is denominated a fine New- 

 foundland dog. In the justice of this remark 

 every one will be disposed to acquiesce ; and the 

 ornithologist may observe that as great a liberty 

 has frequently been taken with the golden eagle,* 

 for there is not a wider difference between the 

 real Labrador animal and the huge mongrels stig- 

 matized by the "prince of sportsmen," than be- 

 tween the royal tyrant of the Scottish hills and 



* Aquila chrysaetos. 



