CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. 

 Case 2. 



Though banished from numbers of eyries where it 

 was formerly in the habit of breeding, the White- 

 tailed Eagle still holds its own on the Western 

 Coast of Scotland. 



The male and female are here shown with their 

 nest and eggs. 



The case is copied from a sketch made in the 

 Hebrides. The female was shot and the male 

 trapped within a few miles of the same spot in 

 the Spring of 1877. 



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SWIFT. 



Case 3. 



This is the last of the Swallow tribe to visit us in the 

 spring and the first to depart in the autumn. 



Swifts are generally supposed to nest in holes under 

 the eaves of houses or churches, but where suitable 

 places of this description are wanting, they do not 

 hesitate to make use of fissures and cracks in the face 

 of cliffs or precipices. 



The specimens in the case were obtained at the 

 Cromarty Kocks, on the north-east coast of Scotland, 

 in June, 1869. 



This bird and the House Martin are here found in 

 great numbers during the summer. 



