THE BIRDS OF DORSETSHIRE. 



ORDER ACCIPITRES. 

 FAM. FALCONIDJE. 



GQLDEX EAGLE. Aquila chnjsaetus, (L.) 



Yarrell, 1 i. p. n ; Hat-ting, p. 3 ; Dresser, v. p. 533 ; Seebohm, 

 i. p. 96 ; Ibis List, p. 96 ; Pulteney's List, p. 2. 



Occasionally seen in England during the autumn 

 migration, but may be said to be confined to the 

 wildest districts of Scotland and Ireland. One was 

 shot in Sherborne Park while feeding on a dead 

 deer (J. C. Dale, "Naturalist," 1838, p. 173), and 

 another seen in Christchurch Harbour, October 1885. 

 The latter, however, was not heard of again in the 

 neighbourhood. 



WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. Haliceetus albicilla, (L.) 



Yarrell, i. p. 25 ; Hart ing, p. 3 ; Dresser, v. p. 551 ; Seebohm, i. 

 p. 87 ; Ibis List, p. 97 ; Falco ossifragus, Pulteney's List, p. 2. 



The White-tailed Eagle is now only a rare straggler; 

 it was more frequently seen here at the beginning of 



1 The references throughout this volume to " Yarrell " are intended 

 to apply to the fourth edition of that work, edited by Professor Newton 

 and Mr. Howard Saunders. 



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