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THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. 
Aquila albicilla Willoughby. 
PLATE XIII. 
Vultur albicilla, Linn. — Aquila albicilla, Willoughby. — 
Falco albicilla, Fauna Sues, and Gmel. — Haliseetus 
albicilla, Selby Sea Eagle, Cinereous Eagle of Frit. 
Omithol . — Aquila albicilla, Swain, in Lard. Cyclop. 
It is with every deference to the opinions of 
our distinguished modern ornithologists that we 
place this bird among the Eagles ; but after ana- 
lyzing the characters of the White-Tailed and 
White-Headed Eagles, we do not find sufficient 
distinguishing marks to warrant their separation 
into distinct genera, and for the present prefer the 
arrangement which proposes to unite them. 
This bird often presents a fine feature in the 
wild and desolate landscape. Its most favourite 
haunts in Britain are the northern coasts of Scot- 
land, where the headlands reach a stupendous 
height, are perpendicular on the face, and where 
the shelves and ledges selected for a breeding 
or roosting place, can be tenanted secure from 
the inroads of an aggressor, either from above or 
