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EAGLE, WHITE-TAILED. 

 SEA EAGLE. 



FALCO ALBICILLA, Penn. 

 CINEREOUS, GREAT ERNE, OR SEA EAGLE. 



The White-tailed Eagle is much more common 

 as a species than the Golden Eagle, and on some 

 parts of the coast of Scotland, more particularly 

 in the north, is frequently observed. It may be 

 seen perched on the high rocks and cliffs that over- 

 hang the sea, watching its opportunity to capture 

 the food in which it delights. Their favourite food 

 consists of fish, which they pounce upon while 

 swimming near the surface of the water. Aquatic 

 birds also frequently become their prey. This 

 species possesses astonishing capacity of enduring 

 the cravings of hunger, and instances are on 

 record of its having shewn undiminished vigour 

 after fasting for four or five weeks. Being of a 

 roving disposition, it has frequently been killed in 

 England, Ireland, and Wales. They generally 

 breed in the most inaccessible rocks and cliffs. 

 The eggs, one or two in number, are of a uniform 

 greyish white colour, about the same size as those 

 of the Golden Eagle. In the young bird the tail 

 feathers are of a dark brown colour, in which state 

 it has been called the Sea Eagle by many authors. 



