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rest before getting up to the nest. Presently we saw one 

 of the Eagles approaching, carrying something in its claws. 

 It had evidently come to feed its mate, and was almost on 

 the nest before it saw us, when dropping the bird it was 

 holding it flew off again in a great hurry. Its prey proved 

 to be a Coot, which had been caught amongst the reeds 

 and coarse grass which grow round the edge of the large 

 shallow salt pan which extends for many miles over the 

 plain at the foot of the Maimun Dagh. 



Nest of the White-tailed Eagle on the borders of a salt lagoon 

 in Asia Minor. 



There are no fish in this shallow salt lagoon, which is 

 two hundred miles inland from Smyrna, so that this pair 

 of White-tailed Eagles must live entirely on Coots, Ducks 

 and other birds. 



Before coming to the Maimun Dagh in February, 1902, 

 I had already taken several White-tailed Eagles' nests on 

 the slopes of the wooded moiuitains above Lake Latmos, 



