78 Messrs. E. and P. Godman on the Birds observed at Bod'd 
this time we have thought it better to affix the date and initials, 
showing by whom the observations were made. All observations 
subsequent to this date were made together. 
1. White-tailed Eagle. Falco albicilla . 
The first day after my arrival, as I was walking across the 
marsh, a White-tailed Eagle soared by, high over my head, and, 
passing the village, flew towards the sea. While talking that 
evening to a Norwegian sailor who could understand a few 
words of English, I was told that a pair generally nested on an 
island called Hgert o (Heart Island), close to Bodo. I accord¬ 
ingly hired a boat for the following day, and starting directly after 
breakfast, soon reached the island. A fisherman and his family 
were living on it, and from them I learned that the birds bred 
there regularly, but that the young had already been hatched. 
Guided by the fisherman and his son, I walked along the shore 
to the cliff where the nest occupied at the time was situated. 
The cliff was a sheer precipice, about 90 to 100 feet high. The 
nest was on a ledge of the rock, about 20 feet from the top, and 
from the place where we stood looked merely like a few sticks 
left there accidentally. Further on we were able to climb the 
rock, when we reached a spot which overhung the nest in such a 
way, that, though impossible to see into it, we yet could hear the 
cry of the young birds. We stayed some time, but, having no 
ropes, were obliged to give up all hopes of being able to reach the 
nest. During the time we were there the old birds kept flying 
from rock to rock, and occasionally came quite near where we 
were lying, uttering all the time a harsh cry. As soon as we left 
the vicinity of the nest, I saw one of the old birds fly back and 
settle on it. The same day I saw three White-tailed Eagles on 
this island, two of which evidently belonged to the nest; the 
third appeared to be an immature bird, the tail-feathers being of 
a dark-brown colour. About a week after my visit, one of the 
young birds, with its leg cut off, and too much decayed to pre¬ 
serve, was brought to me by the fisherman. He had pushed it 
out of the nest with a stick and killed it, in order to get the pre¬ 
mium (about half-a-crown) given by the Norwegian government 
for every eagle killed.—P. G. 
