A Well-deserved Failure 205 
Very soon the female Eagle returned and, alighting on the edge of 
the nest, walked in. Next minute she dashed off, and for a second 
I imagined that she had seen the trap and taken alarm. Not 
so, however, for after flying about 25 yards, she began to flap 
heavily, and then, losing her equilibrium, fell downwards. Rushing 
NEST OF WHITE-SHOULDERED EAGLE IN SPANISH OAK. 
up to the spot, I found her dangling, some 6 ft. clear of the ground 
and held in the trap by one foot. As I closed on her I endeavoured 
to tear off my coat to throw over her, but missing my footing took 
a tremendous fall heels over head among the rocks and heather. 
When I recovered myself and looked up, she was gone! 
