of the Island of Raasay. 501 



dragged it up to a stone about nine inches from the ground, 

 and then flapped with it to her perch. 



White,-tailed Eagle. Halia'etus albicilla. 



An occasional visitor in autumn and winter. On Sep- 

 tember 22nd, when stalking, I saw an adult Sea-Eagle 

 mobbed by eleven Hooded Crows ; they compelled the Eagle 

 to settle on the heather only about sixty paces from the spot 

 where I was hiding. The Hoodies settled down as well, one 

 or two occasionally rising and making false stoops at the 

 Eagle's head ; they so worried her that she rose, but only 

 flew about fifty yards before again dropping into the heather. 

 The baiting, for I can call it by no other word, again went 

 on until the Eagle made up her mind for one final dash, and 

 got over the edge of a cliff about two hundred yards away, 

 upon which the Hoodies at once left her. With my Zeiss 

 glasses I could see every movement ; several times when the 

 Crows approached too closely on the ground, the Eagle 

 struck out with one foot, but they were far too wary to go 

 within reach. T am sorry to say that in the autumn of 

 1899 an immature bird of this species was picked up dead 

 with a rabbit-trap on its foot; it had been noticed for nearly 

 a fortnight flying about, and died of starvation. 



Sparkow-Hawk. Accipiter nisus. 

 Common. Nests annually. 



Greenland Falcon. Hierofalco candicans. 



On October 6th, 1896, a Greenland Falcon was crossing 

 the moor. I hear that a short time afterwards a specimen 

 was shot in the Isle of Skye — possibly the same individual. 

 The bird which I saw was very tame, and passed within forty 

 yards of me. 



Peregrine Falcon. Falco peregrinus. 



One pair nests regularly on the face of an absolutely 

 impregnable cliff on the east coast of Raasay. It is quite a 

 common species during the autumn and winter. I have been 

 fortunate enough to witness many very interesting flights, 

 but will only instance two — one to shew this Falcon's 

 pertinacity, and the other its boldness and fearlessness of 



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