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eagle ; the spotting which he describes would apply correctly to the 

 bird in question. He, and others who saw the individual which Avas 

 shot, considered it quite distinct from the golden and sea eagles, and 

 the osprey, all of which arc found there. 



OsPKEY, vol. i. p. 29. 



October 18, 1848. Dr. J. R. Harvey, of Cork, wrote at this date, 

 informing me that a very fine specimen of this eagle had been shot on 

 the 14th of the mouth, by William Crawford, Esq., in his lawn at 

 Lakelands, in that neighbourhood. The bird attracted attention by 

 the circles it made around a tree before alighting on it. A mullet, about 

 1 lb. in weight, was in its grasp when shot, and was retained until 

 both bird and fish were exhibited in the house. This osprey was 

 3 feet 1 inch in length, 5 feet 4 inches across the wings, and 4i lbs. 

 in weight. My informant, judging from size and plumage, supposed 

 it to be " a young female of perhaps last year, as the tawny patch on 

 the upper part of the breast was well marked, and each feather had a 

 distinct central brown spot ; the feathers, too, of all the upper parts, 

 even to the tail and quill feathers, were tipped and edged with whitish." 



Greenland Falcon? vol. i. p. 31. 



I have examined a specimen which was sent fi'om Balliua, at the end 

 of December 1 847, to Mr. Glennon, and is now in the collection of 

 Mr. Watters, Dublin. It is a young bird of the year. As noted 

 when recent, its bill and legs were blue, the cere yellow. From 

 possessing "one large process in upper mandible," and having the 

 bars towards the tip of the tail continuous, I look upon it as the 

 Falco Gi'oe)ilandlcus, described and figured by Hancock in the ' Annals 

 of Natiu-al History' (vol. ii. pi. x.) ; the feathers, too, are broad, like 

 the one figured of that species. Opposed to this view, the bars on 

 the tail above the few next the tip are somewhat alternate, but not 

 nearly to the degree represented in Mr. Hancock's figure of F. Islandiais ; 

 in fact, the bars on the tail, except at the tip, are intermediate between 

 those of L. Grcenlandiciis and Islandiciis, represented in this gentle- 

 man's memoir. 



Hobby, vol. i. p. 49. 



I there expressed doubt of its having been the real Falco snbbnteo 



