FALCONID.E — THE FALCONS. 



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Male (riO.tl.!", Xorth Enioi.c; Scliliiticr Coll.). Wi"^'. '.''l.OO; mil, VISA); m\\w\\. H.'-'O. 

 iH-muli; (.'jlViaiJ, Noitli 1.1' Kiiiopc; .Scliluilcr Coll.). Wilier. 'i.S.(H): lull, lU.UO; culiuou, 

 ■_'.4."); ilcptli of bill, \Sm\ ccmc iiljovc;, JO; laisiis, ;!.().'>; iiiiddk' tui', o.iJO. 

 lliib. Europu and in Gifcnland. 



LIST OK i<PKcr.Mi:S!< i:XA.Mixi;i>. 

 National Musoum, ;!; Pliiladul|iliia Acmk'niy, 3 ; New York Mliscmiui, U; Boston So- 

 ciety, 2 ; Ciinibridiji! Musonni, 1. Totid, 11. 



MeuHiircmenta, 



Habits. TIio Whito-tailcd or Gray Sea Eairle is coimnoii to the .sea-coast 

 ol' Europe, where it iiihabit.s only tiie parts of the country adjacent to the 

 sea, and rears its young on 

 the dill's. It occurs in Green- 

 land, and is on that groinid 

 inchidcd in the fauna of 

 Xorth America. It has not 

 yet been traced south of 

 Gneidand, nor has it been 

 found in any part of our 

 continent. 



Tlie Sea Eagle in Europe 

 is rarely found iidand. It 

 l)uilds its nest on rocky cliffs 

 projecting over the water, on 

 the shores of Scotland, the 

 Orkney and Shetland Isl- 

 ands, Norway, Russia, etc. 

 Tiie nest is constructed of 

 sticks, or, wliere these are 

 not convenient, of .seaweed. 

 The eggs are two or three in 

 number. Their ground-color 

 is a clear white, usually unmarked, but occasionally stained with small, faint 

 spots of light brown. Tiie moasurements of two in my collection, both 

 from Scotland, but obtained at dilierent times by H. F. Walter, Esq., of 

 London, are as follows : Length 2.69 inches, breadth 2.19 inches ; length 2.13 

 inches, breadth 2.25 inches. 



The following, in relation to their breeding and distribution, is taken from 

 Mr. Yarrell's excellent work on the Birds of Great Britain : — 



"The White-tailed Eagle builds its nest on high rocks, and lays two eggs, 



ffnUnluf nlhirllln (Europe). 



