1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 303 



Aquila chrysaetos (349). Golden Eagle. 



An irregular winter visitant. On June 30, '83, a mounted 

 specimen was presented to the Maryland Academy of Sciences, 

 by Dr. Murdoch ; it was shot at Back River, and had five toes 

 instead of four. On November 28, '94, one was shot at Otter 

 Creek, Harford County; this specimen I had mounted. Four 

 were secured in Maryland, near Washington (see Smith. Reports, 

 '62, 58; '69, 55; '75, 73; '91, 793). On December 8, '87, 

 one was shot at Gaithersburg (Fisher's Hawks and Owls, 97). 

 One in the First National Bank of Cumberland was shot by 

 Mr. Robert Shriver about 30 years ago. "Until about 1856, 

 for many years a pair is said to have nested in the southern 

 part of Lancaster County on a lofty jutting cliff over the Sus- 

 quehanna River" (M. W. Raub, Auk, ix, 200). 



Haliaeetus leucocephalus (352). Bald Eagle. 



Resident, and generally dispersed along the shores of the 

 Chesapeake Bay and other larger waters of Maryland, being 

 fairly common. At Loch Raven it is no unusual sight to see 

 one or more, and Dr. Wilson, of Glenarm, tells me that about 

 40 years ago there was a nest used year after year within half 

 a mile of his house. I have only found the nest "down the 

 necks" and on the Eastern Shore; but they breed all along 

 the Potomac as far up as Hancock. On March 8 ('94) three 

 eggs nearly fresh were taken; on March 27 ('95), two nearly 

 fresh ; on March 29 ('93), two about two-thirds incubated ; on 

 April 15 ('93), two birds, five or six weeks old, and on June 2 

 ('92), two birds about ready to leave the nest. On February 26 

 ('93), two eggs were collected at Mount Vernon by E. M. Has- 

 brouck. The nest being used for years, sometimes attains con- 

 siderable size, eight feet across the top and seven feet high, is 

 the largest one I have measured. 



In confinement at Toledo, Ohio, two eggs were laid, in- 

 cubation commenced on March 26, '86, and one bird was hatched 

 on April 26 ; on March 18, '88, she again started to incubate 



