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Aquila chrysaëtos, Lin. (sp. ) fulva,

collection of my friend, William Sinclaire, Esq. of Belfast, contained a splendid specimen in adult plumage of the golden eagle, which was trapped some years ago on Muckish mountain, in the county of Donegal. In June, 1832, the gamekeeper of Mr. Stewart of "the Horn" informed me when there, that since he entered on his present occupation in 1828, he had destroyed thirteen or fourteen eagles, of winch a single individual only was of this species: it was taken on one of the inland mountains of