8o Field Notes. 



paring the flight of the Hobby with the flight of the Kestrel 

 (mentioned in The Naturalist, 1918, p. 301), there was less 

 flapping of wing with the former when flying quickly. — 

 Frederick D. Welch. 



We trust that if Mr. Welch had had a gun with him the 

 bird would not have been in danger. — Ed. 



Golden Eagle in Lincolnshire. — In The Shooting Times 

 of December 4th there is recorded the capture of an Eagle, 

 said to be a Golden Eagle, but which will ' probably turn out 

 to be a Fish Eagle.' It was caught by Mr. W. A. Lindsey at 

 Spilsby, in Lincolnshire. According to its captor, ' The 

 bird had been seen in the neighbourhood at a great height for 

 the past fortnight, and it was picked up in a dazed condition.' 

 It showed no trace of injury when picked up, and made a 

 complete recovery from whatever cause had brought it low. 

 It was then packed off to the Zoological Society, where it is 

 said to have ' made a hearty meal of a number of dead rats 

 soon after its arrival.' As there seemed to be some uncertainty 

 with regard to this record, I wrote to Mr. D. Seth Smith for 

 confirmation or otherwise. He states that it is undoubtedly 

 a Golden and not a White-tailed Eagle, a bird of the year. — 

 R. Fortune. 



Golden Eagle in West Yorkshire. — Hearing that for a 

 week or two an Eagle had frequented one of the wildest 

 stretches of moorland on the outskirts of the West Riding, I 

 paid the district a visit on January ist. At noon, when some 

 miles beyond the last habitation, and well among the hills, 

 a party of grouse was seen hurriedly to leave the top of a hill 

 above. Other grouse, too, seemed to have taken a sudden 

 dislike to the neighbourhood, and flew across the valley ; 

 and shortly afterwards a Golden Eagle sailed over the rim 

 of the hill and into the field of my binoculars. The bird did 

 not remain long in view, but curved round behind the hill 

 again. Its course, which lay parallel with our return journey, 

 could be traced by the grouse which continued to leave the 

 hill-tops. Occasionally the eagle was in view for a few 

 seconds, but soon got well ahead of us. Over the top of the 

 last hill — the end of its usual beat, than which I was told it 

 had not yet been seen to approach nearer to civilization — 

 the eagle was seen to be circling, attended by some crows, as 

 we drew nearer. The crows had doubtless risen from carrion 

 as the great bird approached, and the appearance of the two 

 species in close proximity was a considerable help to the 

 realization of size. The wingspread of the eagle appeared 

 from four to five times as large as that of the crows, but the 

 greater ease in turning of the smaller birds enabled them to 

 keep out of the ' monarch's ' clutches. Eventually the 

 crows flew away, and after we were well past the hill, the 



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