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her entering the nest within ten minutes. She was a very fine bird 
and having secured her by throwing my coat over her I tied her up 
in it with my fava and rode homewards. The old male bird, who 
had evidently watched my nefarious proceedings from afar, followed 
me through the cork forest and out into the plain beyond for over 
two miles, circling high overhead and from time to time calling 
querulously. My bird soon became reconciled to her confinement 
and in less than three weeks would allow herself to be carried in 
falconer’s fashion without any trouble. I eventually gave this bird 
to Crown Prince Rudolf, who took it with him in his yacht, the 
Miramar back to Austria and the last I heard about it, some 
years later, was that it was alive and well. 
