CATALOGUE 



■ Class. AYES. 



Order I. ACCIPITRES, Linnmis. 



Faxilt. FALCOMDJE, ZeacJi, Vigors. 



1. AQUILA, Gmelin. 



1. Golden Eagle. A. fulya, {Linn(eus.) 

 Falcofidvus, Bewick, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 1847, I., 21. 

 Aquila chryscstos, Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, Ed. 4, I., 11. 



A casual visitant. This noble Ibird h.as very rarely occurred 

 ■within our district. 



It is stated in Wallis's History of J^orthuniberland, published 

 in 1769, that '' On the highest and steepest part of Cheviot, so 

 called from its being the chief of the mountains round it, the 

 Eagle sometimes has its airy. Two beautiful ones were bred 

 there a few years ago, one of which was shot by a gentleman's 

 servant. A sportsman afterwards killed one of the parent birds." 



This is mentioned as the Oolden Eagle, and probably correctly; 

 for while this species generally breeds inland, the White-tailed 

 Eagle usually breeds near the sea. Two other Eagles are men- 

 tioned by Wallis, one having been killed at "Warkworth, the 

 other near Tindal House ; but there is nothing to show that they 

 belonged to this species. 



In Hogg's catalogue of the birds found near Stockton, it is 

 stated that a Golden Eagle was shot in that neighbourhood on 

 the 25th November, 1823. But this was undoubtedly the White- 

 tailed species, as is evinced by the measurements of the specimen 

 which are given. 



It is recorded in the "Newcastle Chronicle," November 4th, 

 1797, that "an Eagle of the Eing-tailed kind" was shot a few 



