AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



removed from the back, or the wing and thigh-bones. 

 In spite of this neglect, he has made an excellent job 

 of the restoration, and this Eagle has the appearance 

 of a freshly-killed bird. 



2. WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. SEA-EAGLE. 



Haliaetus albicilla. 



This Eagle, which may almost be classed as a 

 regular winter visitor to the eastern coasts of England, 

 has occurred several times to my knowledge in 

 Northamptonshire in immature plumage. A specimen 

 stuffed at Bulwick Park, Wansford, the seat of Lieut.- 

 Col. Tryon, was killed, as the late Thomas Tryon, 

 Esq., assured me, near that place. I have no record 

 as to date, but it is at least forty years since I first 

 saw it there, and it had then been stuffed for some 

 years *. There is another specimen (stuffed) at 

 Burghley House, Stamford, which was shot close to 

 that place many years ago. Another occurrence of 

 this species in Northamptonshire with which I am 

 acquainted was in January 1875, on the 7th of which 

 month a labouring man at work near Spring Wood, 

 Benefield, observed a large bird flying low and 

 pursued by Rooks. There was a strong wind at the 

 time, and, so far as I can ascertain, the Eagle (as it 

 proved to be), flying down wind, was unable to clear 

 a high thick hedge, and became entangled therein ; 

 upon which the man above mentioned ran in, and 

 after a violent struggle succeeded in conquering 

 the bird. The Fitzwilliam Hounds, with many 



* This Eagle was very kindly sent to me as a present by 

 Mrs. Tryon, widow of Lieut.- Col. Tryon, in August 1891. 



