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at Lilford during the Crimean war and lived 

 until 1898. 



' It was 

 an instance 

 probably 

 an unusual 

 one of a 

 bird living 

 much longer 

 in captivity 

 than it could 

 have lived 

 in freedom. 

 Unlike the 

 Golden Ea- 

 gle, which 

 has its nest 

 in a High- 

 land deer 

 forest and is 

 protected by 

 the owner, 

 the White- 

 tailed Eagle (the Erne, the Sea-Eagle) haunts 

 the sea-coast, and has been the target of every 



