WHITE-TAILED on SEA-EAGLE.
HALIAETUS ALBICILLA (Linn.).
Vultur albiulla (misprint), Linn. S. N. i. p. 123 (1766).
Falco albicilla, Naum. i. p. 224.
Haliaetus albicilla, Macy. iii. p. 221; Dresser, v. p. 551.
Aquila albicilla, Hewitson, i. p. 15.
Haliseetus albicilla, Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 25.
Bygargue ordinaire, French; See-Adler, German; Aguila
de Mar, Spanish.
I his bird, which is perhaps more commonly known
as Sea-Eagle, formerly bred in many parts of Scotland
and Ireland, but its numbers have been so greatly
reduced by the persecution of gamekeepers and shepherds,
that I believe that I am justified in saying that
very few pairs, probably not a dozen altogether, now
nest regularly in the United Kingdom; and as I should
be very unwilling to be the cause of the further molestation
or destruction of this fine species, I refrain from
publishing the very little that I know concerning its
nesting-localities in our country. The nest of this Eagle
in our islands is generally, but by no means invariably,
placed on a ledge of sea-cliff, and is usually more or less
difficult of access; but, in localities where the bird is
W H IT E —TAILED O R SEA EAGLE, adult
Haliaetus albicilla (Linn.).