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THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. 



Aquila albicitta WILLOUGHBY. 

 PLATE XIII. 



Vultur albicilla, Linn. Aquila albicilla, Willoughby. 



Falco albicilla, Fauna Sues, and Gmel Haliseetua 



albicilla, Selby Sea Eagle, Cinereous Eagle of Brit 



Ornithol. Aquila albicilla, Swain, in Lard. Cyclop. 



IT is with every deference to the opinions of 

 our distinguished modern ornithologists that we 

 place this bird among the Eagles ; but after ana- 

 lyzing the characters of the White-Tailed and 

 White-Headed Eagles, we do not find sufficient 

 distinguishing marks to warrant their separation 

 into distinct genera, and for the present prefer the 

 arrangement which proposes to unite them. 



This bird often presents a fine feature in the 

 wild and desolate landscape. Its most favourite 

 haunts in Britain are the northern coasts of Scot- 

 land, where the headlands reach a stupendous 

 height, are perpendicular on the face, and where 

 the shelves and ledges selected for a breeding 

 or roosting place, can be tenanted secure from 

 the inroads of an aggressor, either from above or 



