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GOLDEN EAGLE. 

 Case 305. 



The Golden Eagle is stated by several writers 

 to be rapidly disappearing from the British Islands ; 

 there is however, I am well convinced, but little 

 fear that the bird is in any danger of being 

 exterminated for many years to come. 



If the Eagles of former days showed any 

 bravery in the defence of their nests and young I 

 am afraid the race has sadly degenerated, as more 

 cowardly brutes than those specimens of the "noble 

 bird " that have come under my own observation 

 would be hard to find. 



The case is copied from a nest in Sutherland- 

 shire. 



The specimens were obtained in the Western 

 Highlands in the spring of 1877. 



GOLDEN EAGLE. (IMMATURE). 

 Case 306. 



The Eagles are here shown in different stages 

 of plumage. The bird on the left hand is almost 

 adult ; the other, in the immature state, probably 

 just a year old. 



Both specimens were trapped in the Western 

 Highlands in the spring of 1877. 



See " Bough Notes," Vol. I., Plates 1 and 3. 



GKEAT BLACK-BACKED GULL. (WINTER). 

 Case 307. 



During winter the snow-white head and neck 

 of the mature bird becomes slightly marked with 

 grey, and the bright colours on the beak are less 

 intense. The specimen in the case was captured 

 in a vermin trap baited with a dead Pochard that I 



