in Great Britain during the Nesting-season. 7 



35. Sutherland, Mr. W. Dunbar, and the writings of the late 



Mr. St. John, MS. of the late Mr. J. Wolley. Caithness, 

 Mr. R. J. Shearer, Mr. H. Osborne, Mr. W. Dunbar, MS. 

 of the late Mr. J. Wolley. 



Province XVIII. " North Isles." 



36. Outer Hebrides {S. ^ N. Uist, Harris, and Lewis), Captain J. 



W.P. Orde, Dr. D. Dewar, Sir W. Milner's List, pubhshed 

 in the 'Zoologist,' p. 2054, Mr. J. Macgillivray's "Zoology 

 of Outer Hebrides," 'Annals & Mag. Nat. Hist.' vol. viii. 

 p. 7, 1842. 



37. OrArney, Low's 'Fauna Orcadensis,' Drs. Baikie and Heddle's 



'Nat. Hist, of Orkney,' list from Mr. J. H. Dunn. 



38. Shetland, Dr. H. L. Saxby and Mr. J. H. Dunn. 



Though no list has been obtained from South-east Wales, it 

 has been thought best to assume the Subprovince 16 as filled 

 in, whenever a bird has been found to nest in the surrounding 

 districts. 



Aquila chrysaetos {Pall.). Golden Eagle. 



Provinces [VII.] [VIII.] [XL] [XII.] XIII. XV.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces (18), (20), (24 ?), (25 ?), 26, (27), 29, 30, 31, 32, 



(33), 34, 35, 36, (37). 

 Lat. 55°-59°. " Highland" or Mountain type. 



In the time of Willughby, the Golden Eagle was reported to 

 breed annually upon the high rocks of Snowdon ; the same writer 

 records a nest found in Derbyshire in 1668. Bewick quotes 

 from Wallis the remark that the Golden Eagle formerly had 

 its eyrie on the highest part of Cheviot. Sir W. Jardine, in his 

 ' British Birds,' speaks of the precipices of Westmoreland and 

 Cumberland as having once boasted of eyries. 



In the south and east of Scotland the Golden Eagle appears to 

 be nearly extinct, having ceased to nest in the counties of Dum- 

 fries, Ayr, Forfar, Banff, and Elgin, but still breeds in Kirkcud- 

 bright [Rev. T. B. Bell) and Stirling {Mr. R. Gray), regularly in 

 Perthshire {Col. Drummond-Hay), Aberdeen {Mr. A. Newton), and 

 the western and northern parts of Scotland and in the Hebrides. 



