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young from a nest taken in the county of Down ; mid 

 from Mr. Thompson I learn that it is not uncommon on 

 the rocky parts of the western and northern coasts of 

 Ireland. Dr. Heysham, in his Catalogue of Cumberland 

 Animals, says that the White-tailed Eagles breed occa- 

 sionally in the neighbourhood of Keswick and Ulswater. 

 In some parts of Scotland this species may be said to be 

 common. In the third volume of the Reports of the 

 British Association, at page 610, Mr. Selby states, in his 

 notice of the Birds observed in Sutherlandshire in June 

 1834, where premiums are paid for the destruction of 

 Eagles on account of the injury done to sheep and lambs, 

 that one hundred and seventy-one full grown birds had 

 been killed within the previous three years. Some of 

 these were probably Golden Eagles. 



The White-tailed Eagle breeds in the Hebrides, in 

 Orkney, and Shetland. Mr. Dunn, in his useful guide to 

 these latter islands, names the particular localities in which 

 they may be found, but states that they are much more 

 numerous in winter than in summer. This accords with 

 the opinion of M. Temminck and others, that this species 

 returns to the southward from high northern latitudes as 

 the season advances. Mr. Dunn says he once saw, while 

 shooting on Rona's Hill, a pair of Skua Gulls chase and 

 completely beat off a large Eagle. The Gulls struck at 

 him several times, and at each stroke he screamed loudly, 

 but never offered to return the assault. This Eagle fre- 

 quents Denmark, Sweden, the west coast of Norway, and 

 from thence as far north as Iceland and Greenland, but 

 is not found in North America. M. Temminck believes 

 that this Eagle follows the flocks of Geese that annually 

 resort to the arctic regions in summer to rear their young. 

 It is found in Siberia, at Lake Baikal, and inhabits 



