THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. 



The white-tailed eagle is much more common, as a 

 species, than the golden eagle, and it may frequently be 

 seen on some parts of our coast. Dwelling in the high 

 rocks and cliffs that overhang the ocean, it looks out 

 eagerly for prey : when hungry, it will seize either fowl 

 or fish ; it will feed also on seals and venison, and has 

 sometimes been killed in forests and deer-parks. It 

 lays two eggs. Its young are at first covered with a 

 soiled white down, having very large beaks and claws, 

 and are driven away by the parent birds as soon as they 

 are able to provide for themselves. The white-tailed 

 eagle frequents Denmark, Sweden, and the west coast 

 of Norway; proceeding as far north from thence as 

 Iceland and Greenland. Returning from high northern 

 latitudes as the season advances, this species is much 

 more numerous in winter than in summer. 



A pair of these birds had long inhabited a lofty tree 

 on the coast of Ireland, and, perhaps from age, seized 

 anything they could find, to the great annoyance of the 



