192 The Booted Eagle and the Snake Eagle 
of this chapter. The picture on the preceding page is of a nest 
near the summit of a diminutive cork-oak which permitted of 
g¢ a view of it from an adjacent branch. 
my getting 
EGG OF SNAKE EAGLE (uch stained). (Size 2°8 in. xX 2°3 In.) 
I took my first egg of this species in company with Colonel Irby 
in 1877. On climbing to the nest I heard a faint cheep and 
became aware that it proceeded from the egg which was on the 
Yo 
oo 
point of hatching. As the female had been shot, I took the egg, 
only to discover on our arrival at home at nightfall that the young 
bird had hatched out during the return ride. 
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