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the ground. It is in richly and rather deeply coloured 
plumage, the tail being so dark that the many barrings are 
indicated with comparative faintness. The upper parts are 
but slightly marked with white, the thigh feathers bright 
russet. : 
In Ireland the Buzzard formerly bred in Antrim and 
Down, Donegal and Londonderry, but has now become 
a casual over that whole country. It still nests rarely in 
Galloway and among the Lakeland mountains, and in 
winter is sometimes found upon the low coasts. It appears 
to be rare and casual, if it has occurred at all, in the outer 
groups of Scottish islands. 
[AQUILA CHRYSAETUS (Linn.). GOLDEN 
EAGLE. 
Mr. Kermode assigns to this species several reported 
occurrences of ‘eagles’ in Man in the winter of 1881-82. 
(Y. L. M, ui. xi. 528). 
In 1880 the late Mr. L. Goldsmith saw an eagle above 
Slieu Dhoo, Ballaugh. In November 1881 Mr. Rudd, who 
is said to have been familiar with the species, ‘saw one 
which for some months haunted the north of the island, 
and was frequently seen, sometimes with its mate.” In 
December of the same year Mr. Allison of Maughold and 
his shepherd saw and tried to capture one,’ and in the 
same month Mr. Quarrie observed one chasing a Raven in 
1 Mr. Allison writes me that he first saw the bird in the deep glen near the 
Glen Auldyn slate quarry, where it was devouring one of his sheep on a miniature 
island formed by the stream. To this little spot, quaintly called ‘Cock Robin,’ 
the sheep used to jump or scramble across the water for the sake of the herbage 
growing there. 
