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ficallj determined,) on the 13th of July, 1835, about the English 
lakes, they most probably breed in that quarter. One appeared 
near the eastern extremity of the vale of Newlands, not far from 
Keswick, and the other at Crummock Water. Willoughby states 
that there was an eyrie of the sea eagle in Whinfield Park, West- 
moreland; and Latham, on the authority of Dr. Heysham, re- 
marks that the same species bred near Keswick. When visiting 
all of the lakes of Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, 
except Lowes- Water, Ennerdale, and Wast-water, in the month 
of July, 1835, I saw eagles on the one day only* 
THE OSPREY. 
Pandion haliaetos, Linn, (sp.) 
Falco „ „ 
Can only be announced as of occasional occurrence.! 
* Bald Eagle, Haliaetos leucocephalus, Savig. — "Wilson, in his American Orni- 
thology, (vol. ii. p. 310, Jardine’s ed.) observes respecting this bird : — “ Of the pre- 
cise time of building, we have no account, bat something may he deduced from the 
following circumstance.” Here follows the description of an ascent to a nest in a 
pine tree, near Great Egg Harbour, in the month of May ; when it was found that 
the young birds must have vacated the nest some time before. It is added : — “ Our 
guide had passed this place, early in February, at which time both the male and female 
were making a great noise about the nest ; and from what we afterwards learned, it is 
highly probable it contained young, even at that early time of the season.” In the 
Fauna Boreali- Americana, (part 2, p. 15,) Dr. Richardson remarks of this eagle: — 
“ It is known to breed as far south as Virginia, hut its nests do not appear to be so 
common within any part of the United States, as they are in the fur countries.” 
In the following note, there is at the same time proof that the bald eagle builds 
at the early period presumed by "Wilson, and that during the season of incubation, it 
is found much farther to the south than is mentioned in the latter work. During a 
tour made by Richard Langtry, Esq. (of Fort William, near Belfast), through the 
United States, in 1836, he, in the middle of January, observed a pair of these birds 
flying about a nest, in the top of a gigantic pitch pine, which stood a little 
remote from other trees, on the bank of the Fish River, Mobile Bay. On the 
6th of February he returned to the place, in the hope of procuring a young bird 
alive. The nest being inaccessible, the tree was cut down, and with it, one young 
bird (unfortunately killed by the fall) came to the ground. The eaglet was covered 
with down, interspersed with a few feathers. The nest was rather flat, and composed 
of sticks ; it contained the heads and bones of mullet, and two heads of the gray 
pelican. The parent birds were in great consternation during the felling of the pine, 
and to the last moment continued flying clamorously about the nest. Mr. Langtry 
was told that two or three pair of bald eagles build annually about Mobile Bay, and 
had their nests pointed out to him. 
f Montagu, in his Ornithological Dictionary, remarks : — “ We have been informed 
it is frequently seen about the Lake of Killarney, in Ireland, at particular seasons : 
it no doubt breeds there.” No proof of this bird’s breeding either there or elsewhere 
