FALCONIDA. 325 
THE SPOTTED EAGLE. 
AQUILA MACULATA (J. F. Gmelin). 
In January 1845 two examples of this wanderer to the British 
Islands were shot near Youghal in Ireland, and one of them—an 
immature bird—is preserved in the Museum of Trinity College, 
Dublin. Two young males were shot in Cornwall on December 4th 
1860 and early in November 1861, as recorded by the late E. H. 
Rodd ; and on December 28th 1861 a male was shot near Somerley, 
Hants, by a keeper of Lord Normanton’s. Mr. W. A. Durnford 
states that a bird of this species was picked up dead on Walney 
Island, Lancashire, in 1875; and on October 31st 1885 an example 
was obtained in Northumberland. In 1891 no fewer than four 
were taken in Essex and Suffolk between October 29th and 
December 16th. 
A small form of Spotted Eagle breeds in the forests of Northern 
Germany and the Baltic Provinces of Russia, wanders to Sweden, 
