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in breadth, and weighed seven pounds and 
a half. 
A female now before us was shot at 
Rollesby, near Great Yarmouth, on the 20th 
of January, 1815. It measured three feet 
two inches in length, and seven feet eight 
inches in breadth, and weighed ten pounds 
and a half. It differs but little in the colour 
of the plumage from the male. 
We have had another specimen of the 
female, whose extent across the wings was 
eight feet. 
This bird generally builds its nest in the 
neighbourhood of large lakes, or on the sea- 
coast amongst the most stupendous cliffs. 
It lays two or three eggs, round, and of a 
dirty white colour. 
It is by far the most plentiful of the Aqui- 
line race in the British dominions; not a 
year passes but many are shot in England. 
This bird inhabits Scotland, Ireland, the 
North of Europe, North America, and was 
met with in Botany Island by Captain 
Cooke. 
It is said to watch the Osprey while 
catching fish, and to pursue that bird till it 
