THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. 



Haliaettis albicilla. 

 Aquila ,, 



THER names belong to this 

 bird. In fact, the White- 

 tailed Eagle, or, as it is more 

 frequently called, The Erne, 

 or Sea Eagle, is a far com- 

 moner variety than the Golden, 

 but is inferior to that bird in 

 its general_characteristics. 



Speaking of the Erne, 

 Morris says that its character 

 seems to be a compound of 

 the nature of ^' the Vulture, 

 the Eagles, the Hawks, the 

 predatory Gulls, and the 

 Raven. ^-' It certainly pos- 

 sesses one habit common to 

 the Vulture family, as it 

 detects carrion at considerable 

 distances, and gorges itself 

 greedily on this sort of food 

 whenever pressed by hunger^ 

 In this respect it differs more 

 or less from most other mem- 

 bers of the true Eagle family. 



