332 THE BIRDS OF YORKSHIRE. 



its length was 3ft. 4ins. ; expanse of wing 7ft. sins. ; bill 3ins. See 

 Hogg's " Nat. Hist, of Stockton-on-Tees." [The following note is 

 inserted in the opposite sheet of Allis's Report, and the paragraph 

 referred to above is crossed out.] 



The bird reported as the Golden Eagle in the " Natural History of 

 Stockton-on-Tees," proved to be abicilla ; there are, I believe, there- 

 fore, only two recorded Yorkshire specimens ; the one reported by 

 Arthur Strickland, and a subsequent specimen, shot by Admira 

 Mitford's gamekeeper, and which is in the Scarborough Museum. T.A. 



The instances of the visits of this noble species, which is 

 an inhabitant of the Scottish Highlands, to any part of 

 England being extremely rare, as evidenced by its absence 

 from most county lists, Yorkshire would seem to have been 

 favoured by them to an unusual degree, no fewer than seven 

 instances of its occurrence within the limits of the county 

 being recorded ; chiefly during the winter months. 



From the fact that the White-tailed Eagle in the dark 

 plumage of immaturity has been so frequently confounded 

 with the present species, the most careful enquiries have been 

 made as to the identification of the following, and many 

 other supposed occurrences which were communicated. 



The first Yorkshire instance is that referred to (above) 

 in 1804. Efforts have been made to trace this specimen, 

 but the authority is so good that there appears to be no 

 reason for doubt. 



The York " Courant " for January 1838 contained an 

 account of an Eagle which was trapped during that month 

 at Beningborough, near that city, in which neighbourhood 

 it committed numerous depredations for a week before its 

 capture. The expanse of wing in this specimen was given 

 as 7 feet 10 inches. Neville Wood, noticing the occurrence 

 in his " Naturalist " (1838, iii. p. 214), presumed from the 

 dimensions given that the specimen was referable to this 

 species. 



One in the first year's plumage was taken at Hunmanby 

 on 24th July 1844, on the estate of Admiral Mitford, who 

 presented it to the Scarborough Museum. This information 

 was communicated by the late Alfred Roberts, and is also 

 mentioned by Allis. 



