. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . to the coast-line in : call, liwee-lxwee, trui, or 2^(^, P^, 1^6. Localand other names : Dunlin Sandpiper, Purre, Judcock,Stint, Oxbird, Plovers Page, Churr, Sea Snipe, SeaLark, Least Snipe. Sits pretty closety. EAGLE, GOLDEN. Description of Parent Birds.—Length aboutthirty-six inches. Beak moderately long, muchcurved at the tip, and bluish horn colour; bareskin round the base yellow. Irides hazel. Thewhole of the plumage is brown; the head, backof neck, and some of the wing-coverts reddish;wing-quills blacki
. British birds' nests; how, where, and when to find and identify them . to the coast-line in : call, liwee-lxwee, trui, or 2^(^, P^, 1^6. Localand other names : Dunlin Sandpiper, Purre, Judcock,Stint, Oxbird, Plovers Page, Churr, Sea Snipe, SeaLark, Least Snipe. Sits pretty closety. EAGLE, GOLDEN. Description of Parent Birds.—Length aboutthirty-six inches. Beak moderately long, muchcurved at the tip, and bluish horn colour; bareskin round the base yellow. Irides hazel. Thewhole of the plumage is brown; the head, backof neck, and some of the wing-coverts reddish;wing-quills blackish-brown; tail-quills of two shadesof brown, darkest at the tip. Chin and throatdark brown; under-parts of the body and thighsbay. The legs are feathered down to the feet,which characteristic distinguishes this bird fromthe Sea Eagle. The feet are yellow and the clawsblack. Mr. Booth was of opinion that the GoldenEagle does not assume the full mature plumageuntil it is five or six j^ears old. The female resembles the male in plumage,but is somewhat laru-er in 78 BRITISH BIllDS NESTS. Sifiiatioii and LocdUtij.—On ledges of liigliinaccessible cliffs and precipices in the wildest andmost desolate parts of Scotland and Ireland. Insome of the Highland deer forests this noblebird is now strictly preserved, and such mostcommendable hospitality will no doubt save it tous for some time to come. Our illustration isfrom a photograph taken in the Western Isles oiScotland, but in the interests of British ornithologyI think it best not to advertise the exact nest contained two partly-consumed mountainhares, oft which the down had nearly all beencarefully plucked, and the hind legs of a half-grownblack rabbit. Materials.—Sticks, bits of heather, dead fern-fronds, grass, and moss. The nest is repaired fromyear to year, and consequently often becomes avery bulky structure, on account of the bird usingthe same site for a loug periol. Tlie subject olour illustration containe
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