5GG LOUD LILFOKD ON UAUTORIAL BIRDS IN THE LILFORD AVIARIES. 
tail of tlie kSpaniard were considerably longer, and tlie body very 
considerably smaller tlian in the Highlander. The former stood 
high on the legs, and although it became very tame, never 
acquired the air of dignified composure that is generally so notice- 
able in this species. These two Eagles Avere males. I may here 
mention that a nest of Golden Eagle Avith Avhich I Avas formerly 
Avell ac(piainted in Scotland some years ago, could be easily 
reached Avithout climbing of any sort; and another in the same 
district, though Avonderfully Avell concealed, could be reached by 
tAvo or three steps from a made patlnvay on to the branches of a 
small Eircli tree Avhich hung over a Avaterfall of a small burn. 
I am glad to hear that the former nest is still annually used by the 
Eagles, and strictly protected by the lessee of the forest. At 
some distance above the second nest mentioned AA^ere tAvo or three 
small pinnacles of granite cropping out from a gentle slope of 
moor; these Avere much used by the Eagles as resting places, and 
the ground about them Avas ahvays strcAvn Avith pellets, of Avhick 
I examined a considerable number. With the exception of one, in 
Avhich I found a feAV bones and feathers of a Ptarmigan, these 
pellets Avere composed exclusively of the bones and fur of Alpine 
Hares and Eabbits. As I Avrite (April 27th), I hear from Lilford 
that my Golden Eagles are taking their turns of sitting on tAVO 
«ggs. 
I haA^e tAAm Imperial Eagles iyAnnUo 'nuKjUnili), procured for 
me from Bulgaria by the late Dr. Bree in 1887. I believe 
that it Avas upon one of these birds that Dr. Bree principally 
founded his AquHa i^friafa of the second edition of his ‘ Birds of 
Europe.’ Both of these birds are noAV in very fine plumage, and are 
remarkably (piiet and pacific toAvards several congeners that have 
at various times occupied the same compartment of my Eagle-sheds. 
I formed an intimate acquaintance Avith the Imperial Eagle 
during tAvo Avinters’ shooting in Epirus and Albania, Avhere it is bj' 
no means uncommon at that season, though I could not discoA'er 
that it nests near the coast. This Eagle is a bird of the plains, .and, 
as far as I am aAvaro, altogether avoids mountainous district.s. 
Of the SjAanish White-shoiddered Eagle (A<jnila (ukiUx'rtiJ, I have 
at present four alive at Lilford : three of these Avere t.aken from 
a nest in the AAnld country, on the proper right of the Guadal- 
quiver, beloAV Se\dlle, in 1SG9, and the other from the same, district 
