WHITE-TAILED EAGLE: OSPREY. 5 



Mr. Cordeaux mentions (Birds of Humber District), an 

 immature bird shot at Flamborough Head in the spring of 1865, 

 with the remark that this is a locahty where it has been frequently 

 observed ; also, on the authority of Mr. W. W. Boulton of 

 Beverley, the occurrence during the last ten years of this Eagle, 

 in the young plumage, in Holderness. 



One in the Duke of Devonshire's possession at Bolton Abbey 

 was killed by a keeper in the Forest Moors near that place about 

 the year 187 1. It was unable to rise at the time, being gorged 

 while feeding on the carcase of a sheep, and the keeper tried to 

 capture it alive, but the bird fought so hard that he was compelled 

 to kill it with his stick. 



Mr. P. W. Lawton of Easington informs me that in 

 October 1876 an Eagle of this species frequented Kilnsea, near 

 Spurn, for some weeks, during which period it was often 

 observed. 



PANDION HALI^ETUS (L.) 

 Osprey. 



A rare spring and autumn visitant. 



In former years the Osprey was not unfrequently observed in 

 the spring, while on the passage to its breeding stations in the 

 north, and again in the autumn while returning to its southern 

 winter quarters. During these migrations the size of the bird and 

 the habits peculiarly its own have caused it to be noticed by those 

 not usually interested in ornithology. Latterly it has become much 

 less frequent, having occurred on four occasions only during the 

 past twelve years, all of which were in Eastern Yorkshire and the 

 vicinity of the coast. This scarcity is in a great measure attribu- 

 table to the fact that this species no longer frequents its former 

 favourite haunts in Scotland, and its association with the name of 

 that country is now confined to perhaps a pair or two, if even that. 



This species having now become so rare, it seems desirable 



