Class II. BLACK EAGLE. 203 



eyes with its wings, soon makes a prey of the 

 harassed animal. The eagles in the isle of Rum 

 have nearly extirpated the stags which used to 

 abound there. This species generally builds in 

 clefts of rocks near the deer forests, and makes 

 great havoke not only among them, but also the 

 white hares and Ptarmigans. 



It is equal in size to the preceding : the bill is Descrip- 



TION. 



of a blackish horn color ; the cere yellow ; the 

 whole body is of a deep brown, slightly tinged 

 with rust color ; but what makes a long descrip- 

 tion of this kind unnecessary, is the remarkable 

 band of wdiite on the upper part of the tail ; the 

 end only being of a deep brown ; which charac- 

 ter it maintains through every stage of life, and 

 in all countries where it is found. The less 



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are feathered to the feet ; the toes yellow, the 

 claws black. Mr. Willughby gives the follow- 

 ing very curious account of the nest of this 

 species, p. 21. 



' In the year of our Lord 1 668, in the wood- Nest. 



* lands near the river Derwetit, in the Peak of 

 ' Derbyshire, was found an eagle's nest made of 

 ' great sticks, resting one end on the edge of a 



* rock, the other on two birch trees ; upon which 

 ' was a layer of rashes, and over them a layer 

 ' of heath, and upon the heath rushes again ; 

 ' upon which lay one young one, and an addle 



