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  THE 
  VEETEBEATE 
  FAUNA 
  OF 
  " 
  DEE." 
  

  

  regions 
  the 
  birds 
  make 
  excursions 
  into 
  the 
  eastern 
  parts 
  of 
  

   the 
  country, 
  where, 
  as 
  already 
  said, 
  they 
  fall 
  to 
  the 
  gun 
  of 
  the 
  

   wandering 
  marksman, 
  or 
  end 
  their 
  days 
  in 
  the 
  cruel 
  traps 
  

   that 
  are 
  set 
  for 
  " 
  vermin." 
  It 
  is 
  singular 
  how 
  many 
  Eagles 
  

   get 
  caught 
  in 
  traps, 
  and 
  after 
  several 
  days' 
  struggling 
  manage 
  

   to 
  effect 
  their 
  escape, 
  with 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  a 
  toe. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  

   observed 
  that 
  in 
  about 
  every 
  six 
  birds 
  four 
  have 
  lost 
  a 
  toe, 
  

   and 
  the 
  " 
  stump" 
  had 
  healed 
  before 
  the 
  bird 
  finally 
  came 
  by 
  

   its 
  death. 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  very 
  large 
  bird 
  of 
  prey 
  was 
  trapped 
  at 
  Cairness 
  about 
  

   twenty-five 
  years 
  ago 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  tawny 
  colour, 
  feathered 
  to 
  

   the 
  toes, 
  and 
  was 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  immature 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  

   Golden 
  Eagle." 
  (Edward, 
  "Birds 
  of 
  Strathbeg," 
  Naturalist, 
  

   vol. 
  iv., 
  p. 
  270, 
  1854.) 
  " 
  One 
  was 
  killed 
  at 
  Birse 
  in 
  1844. 
  

   About 
  twelve 
  years 
  ago 
  a 
  very 
  fine 
  male 
  Eagle 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  trap 
  set 
  for 
  a 
  fox 
  near 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  

   the 
  Grampians, 
  in 
  Strachan. 
  It 
  carried 
  the 
  trap 
  over 
  the 
  

   mountain 
  range, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  ten 
  miles, 
  and 
  got 
  

   entangled 
  in 
  a 
  hedge 
  near 
  Fettercairn. 
  It 
  was 
  bought 
  by 
  a 
  

   gentleman 
  and 
  kept 
  for 
  several 
  years." 
  (Adams.) 
  

  

  An 
  immature 
  specimen 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Pitfour, 
  November 
  

   26th, 
  1869, 
  and 
  another 
  in 
  Strathdon 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time. 
  

   On 
  February 
  11th, 
  1884, 
  a 
  fine 
  female 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Haddo 
  

   House. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  two 
  were 
  killed 
  at 
  Glenbucket. 
  All 
  

   these, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  mentioned, 
  passed 
  

   through 
  my 
  hands. 
  One 
  was 
  shot 
  in 
  Strathdon, 
  October, 
  

   1898 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  12th 
  November 
  following 
  one 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  

   pole-trap 
  at 
  Auchinblae, 
  both 
  being 
  sent 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  From 
  January, 
  1776, 
  to 
  1786, 
  as 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  associa- 
  

   tion's 
  list 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  ravenous 
  beasts 
  and 
  birds 
  

   (0. 
  S. 
  A., 
  vol. 
  xiv., 
  pp. 
  348-9), 
  seventy 
  Eagles 
  were 
  killed 
  in 
  

   the 
  parishes 
  of 
  "Braemar, 
  Crathie, 
  Glenmuick, 
  Tullich, 
  and 
  

   Glengarden." 
  

  

  Genus 
  HALIAETUS, 
  Savigny. 
  

  

  Haliaetus 
  albicilla, 
  Linn. 
  White-tailed 
  Eagle. 
  

   "Sea 
  Eagle." 
  "Erne." 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  said 
  by 
  authors 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  more 
  abundant 
  in 
  

   Scotland 
  than 
  the 
  Golden 
  Eagle 
  ; 
  and 
  no 
  doubt 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  

   this 
  statement 
  was 
  correct, 
  but 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  " 
  Dee 
  " 
  at 
  

  

  