not observed in the British Isles.’ 
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lection appears to have contained such an example; and we can¬ 
not think that its present possessor would have objected to lend 
it for Mr. Breeds use, particularly, too, as the distinction between 
the Indian “ Mace’s Eagle” (. Pontoaetus macei, Temm.) and the 
present has never been shown in any plate. 
The most serious fault we have to find with Mr. Bree is for 
propagating a terrible error, by continuing (after the manner, it 
is true, of certain authorities who in most cases fully deserve 
attention) to annex the American Bald Eagle ( Haliaetus leucoce- 
phalus, Linn.) to the European list, from which Dr. Schlegel, as 
we have always thought, most properly erased it. But our author 
does not seem to have given himself the trouble of attending to 
the reasons adduced by that careful writer. It is true he does 
not seem to attach much credit to Nilsson’s statement (which is 
undoubtedly incorrect) of its being commonly met with in Scan¬ 
dinavia ; but he says, “ It is generally believed, however, to occur 
accidentally in Europe. One male, as reported by Degland, has 
been killed in Switzerland, a female in Wiirtemberg; and it is 
stated by Brehm to appear sometimes on the sea-coast of Ger¬ 
many.” Now, if Mr. Bree will but turn to the ‘ Revue critique 
des Oiseaux d’Europe - ’ (page 27), he will find, “ Pour ce qui 
regarde les individus tues, a ce qu^on pretend, pres de Stuttgart 
et de Zurich, ces individus Aont jamais ete decrits par aucun 
naturaliste, ce qui me fait penser que cu Aetaient tout simple- 
rnent que de tres-vieux individus de Taigle-pecheur commun, 
espece que Ton a, comme le sait tout-le-monde, long-temps con- 
fondue avec celle d’Amerique du nord.” What are these “ in¬ 
dividus,” but the birds reported, long before DeglandA time, 
to have occurred in Switzerland and Wiirtemberg ? for, we 
take it, our readers do not require to be informed that Zurich 
is an important city in one country, and Stiittgardt the capital of 
the other, though Mr. Bree does not seem to be aware of it. As 
to good Pastor BrehnTs statement of this species appearing on 
the sea-coast of Germany, we venture to suggest that the only 
locality where this is possible would be that part of the Con¬ 
federation indicated as the scene of the discovery of the child by 
the shepherd in the ' Winter’s Tale/ before Sir Charles Hanmer 
and Mr. Kean changed “ Bohemia” into “Bithynia,” But our 
