6 
The above measurement, &c. was taken 
from a fine specimen in the possession of 
G. Montagu, Esq. 
The female is rather lighter coloured than 
the male. 
We are sorry it is not in our power to 
give any description of the nest. But, upon 
the authority of Mr. Bullock, we are as- 
sured that the Cinereous Eagle breeds in 
the Isle of Hoy, and that he there took a 
nest, containing two young eaglets, in the 
year 1812. 
G. Montagu, Esq. in his excellent work 
on Ornithology, informs us, that an acquaint- 
ance of his had two of these birds, which 
were taken from the highest cliffs in the 
Orknies, and that the nest originally contain- 
ed three. Dr. Heysham informed Dr. La- 
tham, that in a nest of one of these birds, 
near Keswick, in Cumberland, was found a 
trout of about twelve pounds weight ; that 
he obtained the bird alive, and had kept it 
above ten years when he communicated the 
account ; and that it was either six or seven 
years before the tail became white. The 
specimen in the possession of Mr. Montagu 
