TEE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. 



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In Darnara Land, according to Mr. Andersson, it builds its nest on trees, selecting generally one of 

 such a terribly thorny nature that the nest is always difficult of access. Occasionally, however, a 

 rock is selected for the breeding-place. When in captivity, this bird changes the coloiu- of the face, 

 exactly as the Brazilian Caracara already alluded to ; the bare skin round the nostrils and eyes, which 

 is generally brilliant coral-red, fading to pale orange-yellow. 



BATELEUR EAGLE. 



The Bateleur Eagle is about two feet in length, and has an enormous crest of plumes. The colour 

 is black, with a large maroon-coloured patch on the shoulders and on the back, the tail being also of 

 tliis colour. Sometimes individuals with pale, cream-coloured backs are found ; but at present it is 

 not known whether these are a different species, or whether they constitute only a pale variety of the 

 ordinary Bateleur. 



THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE (Haliaetus albicilla*}. 



Sea Eagles are absent from South America, but probably from no other country of the globe. Both 

 Europe and North America are inhabited by large and powerful species ; and throughout Africa and 

 Madagascar the handsomely-marked species II. vocifer occurs. One of the most widespread is the 

 White-bellied Sea Eagle ; it is found round the coasts of Australia and all the Molucca Islands, ranging 

 as far as India and Ceylon, and as high as Cochin. China. 



The White-tailed Eagle, which, from its being an inhabitant of the British Islands, is the species 

 most familiarly known of all the Sea Eagles, is still met with in some of the northern parts of 



* iAiatTos, a Sea Eagle. 

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