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of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Club. Graham remarked that 

 it had been noticed in the neighbourhood for several winters. 

 This information is, however, too vague to warrant any 

 opinion as to the maturity or immaturity of the bird. 



One in the Duke ot Devonshire's possession at Chats- 

 worth was killed by a keeper in the Forest Moors near Bolton 

 Abbey, about the year 1871. It was unable to rise at the 

 time, being gorged while feeding on the carcase of a sheep, 

 and the keeper tried to capture it alive, but the bird fought 

 so hard that he was compelled to kill it with his stick. 



Mr. P. W. Loten of Easington informs me that in October 

 1876 a White-tailed Eagle frequented Kilnsea, near Spurn, 

 for some weeks, during which period it was often observed. 



The late J. Cordeaux, writing in the Naturalist (1890, p. 

 10), recorded the occurrence of two, one of which, an immature 

 female, measuring eight feet in extent of wings, was killed 

 on 28th October 1889, by Mr. G. E. Clubley, with a charge of 

 No. 8 shot in the head, while skimming over the bents at 

 Spurn. (See also Zool. 1891, p. 365.) At Scalby, near Scar- 

 borough, Mr. W. J. Clarke recorded (torn. cit. 1891, p. 470), 

 the capture of an immature specimen on 7th November 1891, 

 a second bird being seen on the two following days. 



In the Field of 7th January 1893, Mr. Stuart of Beverley 

 described a bird, captured at Leven on the 2nd of the same 

 month, which was brought to him to preserve. It measured 

 6 feet lof inches in expanse of wings, and weighed loj fts. 

 Mr. F. Boyes, who examined the specimen, expresses the 

 opinion that it was an adult. 



In the same year a male example was taken to Mr. T. 

 Machen of Bridlington, who informed me that he also had an 

 adult female, taken at Boynton, on Sir C. Strickland's estate; 

 on 8th February 1897, which may have been the individual 

 reported by Mr. M. Bailey (Nat. 1897, p. 80), as having been 

 observed for some days in the vicinity of Flamborough. 



An immature individual was killed on 8th December 1898, 

 at South Kirkby, near Burntwood Hall, Barnsley, and is now 

 in the possession of Mr. J. Dymond of Burntwood Hall 

 (Dymond, in litt. 1905). 



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