. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. FALCONID^. 329. THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. Haliaetus ALBicfLLA (Linnaeus). Immature examples of this species—also called Erne, Cinereous or Sea-Eagle—are not unfrequently observed in the maritime counties of England in autumn and winter, at the time when the birds reared in the northern parts of Europe are on their migration southward, but adults are of very rare occurrence. Within the last hundred years the White-tailed Eagle bred in the Isle of Man and the Lake district; in comparatively recent times in Galloway, Dumfriesshire, and other places o
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. FALCONID^. 329. THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. Haliaetus ALBicfLLA (Linnaeus). Immature examples of this species—also called Erne, Cinereous or Sea-Eagle—are not unfrequently observed in the maritime counties of England in autumn and winter, at the time when the birds reared in the northern parts of Europe are on their migration southward, but adults are of very rare occurrence. Within the last hundred years the White-tailed Eagle bred in the Isle of Man and the Lake district; in comparatively recent times in Galloway, Dumfriesshire, and other places on the south-western mainland of Scotland, and not long ago in Argyll; but now its eyries are confined to some of the western and northern islands. In Ireland, where it was formerly more numerous than the Golden Eagle, its propensities for carrion have led to its destruction by poison, and only on the west coast can a pair or two be Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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