THE 



FIELD NATURALIST'S 

 MAGAZINE. 



JANUARY. 



EAGLE-SHOOTING IN THE ALPS, 



liY THE tDITOU. 



IT is matter of common observation that whenever a hawk makes 

 his appearance in a district, he is soon surrounded by a host of small 

 birds, particularly swallows, which dart at him and tease him, for'the 

 purpose, as may be supposed, of distracting his attention, on the pro- 



VOL. i. NO. i. 1833. p, 



