The Golden Eagle 



IN olden times the Golden Eagle bred as far 

 south as Derbyshire, but the shepherd 

 and the gamekeeper have long since banished 

 it from its haunts in England and Wales, and 

 it is now only found nesting in the wildest 

 and most solitary parts of the Highlands 

 of Scotland, the Hebrides and the west of 

 Ireland, where it is, however, approaching 

 extinction. 



It is a grand sight to watch this great 

 bird soaring upon outstretched wings far up 

 in the blue sky. The tips of its flight feathers 

 are bent upwards owing to the heavy weight 

 they have to sustain, and the light can 

 plainly be seen between them, just as old 

 Japanese artists have shown us in their 

 pictures. 



The Golden Eagle, although called "the 

 king of birds/' is not gifted with the death- 

 dealing fierceness of the peregrine falcon, or 

 the dashing courage of the merlin. It feeds 



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