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eagle ; the spotting which he describes would apply correctly to the 
bird in question. He, and others who saw the individual which was 
shot, considered it quite distinct from the golden and sea eagles, and 
the osprey, all of which are found there. 
Osprey, vol. i. p. 29. 
October 18, 1848. Hr. J. It. Harvey, of Cork, wrote at this date, 
informing me that a very tine specimen of this eagle had been shot on 
the 14th of the month, by William Crawford, Esq., in his lawn at 
Lakelands, in that neighbourhood. The bird attracted attention by 
the circles it made around a tree before alighting on it. A - mullet, about 
1 lb. in weight, was in its grasp w T hen shot, and was retained until 
both bird and fish were exhibited in the house. This osprey was 
2 feet 1 inch in length, 5 feet 4 inches across the wings, and 4-J- lbs. 
in weight. My informant, judging from size and plumage, supposed 
it to be ■" a young female of perhaps last year, as the tawny patch on 
the upper part of the breast was well marked, and each feather had a 
distinct central brown spot ; the feathers, too, of all the upper parts, 
even to the tail and quill feathers, were tipped and edged with whitish.” 
Greenland Falcon? vol. i. p. 31. 
I have examined a specimen which was sent from Ballina, at the end 
of December 1847, to Mr. Glennon, and is now in the collection of 
Mr. Watters, Dublin. It is a young bird of the year. As noted 
when recent, its bill and legs were blue, the cere yellow. From 
possessing " one large process in upper mandible,” and having the 
bars towards the tip of the tail continuous, I look upon it as the 
Falco Grcenlandicus , described and figured by Hancock in the c Annals 
of Natural History’ (vol. ii. pi. x.) ; the feathers, too, are broad, like 
the one figured of that species. Opposed to this view, the bars on 
the tail above the few next the tip are somewhat alternate, but not 
nearly to the degree represented in Mr. Hancock’s figure of F. Islandicus ; 
in fact, the bars on the tail, except at the tip, are intermediate between 
those of L. Groenlandicus and Islandicus , represented in this gentle- 
man’s memoir. 
Hobby, vol. i. p. 49. 
I there expressed doubt of its having been the real Falco subhuteo 
