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refraining, in the interest of the birds, which are for various 

 reasons much persecuted, from mentioning the precise locali- 

 ties occupied. In Ireland, as appears from Thompson's 

 work, there were a good many spots on which the Sea-Eagle 

 there maintained its position; but it is much to be feared, 

 from the unrelenting destruction of the species which has 

 been carried on for some years past, that a very different 

 story would now have to be told by any person as well- 

 informed upon the subject as was that writer. 



The White-tailed Eagle is not found in any part of 

 America, its place there being taken by the well-known 

 White-headed Eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus) * but it is 

 very common in Greenland, remaining throughout the year, 

 according to Professor Eeinhardt, in the Southern districts, 

 though migrating from the Northern parts in winter. It also 

 inhabits Iceland, where it is resident, but, owing to the price 

 set upon its head, is not so common as formerly. In the 

 Faero Isles, according to Herr H. C. Muller, it still occurs, but 

 no longer breeds. It is spread over the continent of Europe, 

 very generally in the neighbourhood of water, from the 

 extreme north of Norway to Spain, Sicily and Greece, but 

 becomes rarer towards the South, though it breeds in 

 Albania, as recorded by Lord Lilford. In Algeria it only 

 occurs accidentally, but it resides in Lower Egypt, accord- 

 ing to Dr. von Heuglin, who describes a nest he saw in the 

 thick reed-beds of Lake Menzaleh. Northward and east- 

 ward of the European localities mentioned, the White-tailed 

 Eagle is abundant in some suitable places and ranges across 

 the Russian dominions to Kamtchatka, where, however, 

 Kittlitz states that it is not common. It occurs in the Aleu- 

 tian Islands and in Japan, as well as on the adjacent coast 

 of Manchuria, whence young birds, taken from a nest in 

 Hornet Bay, were sent to Mr. Gurney. In China, Mr. Swin- 

 hoe believes that it visits Amoy, and in India two or three 

 immature examples have been lately recognized by Mr. 

 Jerdon ; but its southern limits in the rest of Asia do not 



* This has been thought to occur in Europe, and even in Ireland (Zoologist, 

 1867, p. 562), but on no good evidence. 



