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many sportsmen, who have been unsuccessful in bringing him down. We 

 beheve His Grace has, on more than one occasion, had an unsuccessful 

 shot. Being a strong bird, and usually flying very high, it required some 

 considerable force to kill him. On Friday last, howeyer, Mr. Ottley, who 

 was in a plantation near Arundel Park, between Bevis's grave and the 

 walnut-trees, had a good shot, and succeeded in wounding him. I'he bird 

 struggled considerably, and at length perched upon a tree, from which he 

 was soon levelled and taken to the Castle, where, by direction of His Grace 

 the Duke of Norfolk, he was laid out, to be shown to any one who chose to 

 go and see him. After this the Eagle was sent to Mr. Leadbeater, the orni- 

 thologist, of London, to be stuffed. He turns out to be a young male of the 

 White-tailed Sea-Eagle, and not a Golden Eagle as was supposed. Mr. Lead- 

 beater is also of opinion that it is a bird of the first year. Although the bird 

 is of such a large size (measuring, with its wings expanded, 7 feet 5 inches), 

 it weighs barely 10 lbs. The length from the beak to the tail is 3 feet, and 

 the breadth across the shoulders 1 foot. The beak is 3| inches long, and 

 the centre talon 2 inches ; the quill-feather, from the pinion-joint, measures 

 231 inches. Its principal haunt was near the South Wood and Houghton 

 chalk-pit ; and many mutilated rabbits have been picked up which have been 

 killed by the distinguished visitor since he has been in the neighbourhood. — 

 West Sussex Gazette." ('Times,' February 24, 1868.) 



February 23, 1860, the Rev. R. N. Dennis writes to me that "a Sea- 

 Eagle, an adult, with the white crest, was shot near the hghthouse, Seaford, 

 Sussex, some time since ; curiously enough, it was drawn within shot, at 

 least, by the carcass of a large turtle which had drifted on the beach." 



The last two birds both appeared on the south coast, in the month of 

 February. 



" Chase after an Eagle. — A few days ago, while several dogs and a lot of 

 ravens were enjoying a feast on the carcass of a horse at Braehour, they were 

 suddenly disturbed by the presence of a fine large Eagle, at whose appearance 

 the dogs ran oiT and the ravens flew away, one of the latter carrying off^ a 



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