CHAPTER IIT. 
THE BOOTED EAGLE (Nisaétus penuatus) AND THE SNAKE 
EAGLE (Circaétus gallicus). 
Tue Boorep EacLe—Nesting habits—Eaglets—An indignant mother— Rearing 
Eaglets—Their sulky nature—A hard struggle— Operations of War ’— 
Flying Eagles to the ‘‘lure’’—An Eagle overboard. 
Tue Snake Eacre—Remarkable brilliancy of irides—Flooded out reptiles— 
Nesting habits of Snake Eagle—A fallen Eaglet—A close sitter—Uses for 
a catapult—Awkward Photography—Hatching out an Eaglet—Photo- 
graphing Eaglets—Trapping an Eagle—Taming an adult Eagle. 
THE BOOTED EAGLE (Nisaétus pennatus). 
HIS is yet another of the tree-nesting 
_ Eagles of southern Europe, and is 
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and pine woods of Andalucia. It is a 
beautiful little bird, in size very little 
larger than a female Peregrine, but as 
regards structure and plumage every 
inch an Eagle. It owes its name of 
Booted to the closely growing light 
brownish yellow feathers which cover 
the tarsus to the foot. 
Essentially a summer visitant, it 
crosses from Africa about the end 
of March, nesting about a month 
later and returning again south in 
September. Considering the large number that nest in the great 
cork forests it is remarkable how comparatively seldom it is seen 
