HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIEDS. 



Order I. RAPTOKES. 

 Fam. FALCONID.E. 



GOLDEN EAGLE. Aqnila chrysaetus (Linnaeus). 



Eesident in Scotland and Ireland only ; but it for- 

 merly nested in Derbyshire, and is said to have done so 

 in the highest part of Cheviot and in North Wales. 

 Occasionally occurring in England. 



WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. Haliceetus albicilla (Lin- 

 naeus). 



Resident in Scotland and Ireland only. Said to 

 have nested formerly in Westmoreland, the Isle of 

 Man, Lundy Island, Plymouth, and the Isle of Wight 

 Birds of the first year are regular autumnal or winter 

 visitants to the south and south-east. 



OSPEET. Pandion haliceetus (Linnaeus). 



Nests only in Scotland, where it is a summer mi- 

 grant. Visits England in spring and autumn, and is 

 occasionally met with in Ireland in autumn. 



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