WHITE-TAILED or SEA-EAGLE. 



HALIAETUS ALBICILLA (Linn.). 



Vultur albiulla (misprint), Linn. S. N. i. p. 123 (1766). 

 Falco albicilla, Naum. i. p. 2.24. 



Haliaetus albicilla, Macg. iii. p. 221 ; Dresser, v. p. 551. 

 Aquila albicilla, Hewitson, i. p. 15. 

 Haliaeetus albicilla, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 25. 



Pygargue ordinaire, French ; See-Adler, German; Aguila 

 de Mar, Spanish. 



This bird, which is perhaps more commonly known 

 as Sea-Eagle, formerly bred in many parts of Scotland 

 and Ireland, but its numbers have been so greatly 

 reduced by the persecution of gamekeepers and shep- 

 herds, that I believe that I am justified in saying that 

 very few pairs, probably not a dozen altogether, now 

 nest regularly in the United Kingdom ; and as I should 

 be very unwilling to be the cause of the further moles- 

 tation or destruction of this fine species, I refrain from 

 publishing the very little that I know concerning its 

 nesting-localities in our country. The nest of this Eagle 

 in our islands is generally, but by no means invariably, 

 placed on a ledge of sea-cliff, and is usually more or less 

 difficult of access ; but, in localities where the bird is 



