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search for small birds in the vineyards, and had brought 
with him a fine Lesser Grey Shrike and three other little 
birds, shot for scientific purposes. We had seen none of 
our companions since yesterday morning, and found that 
Bombelles had in the interim killed at the nest the Sea-Hagle 
which I had missed some days ago, but had unfortunately 
failed to shoot its mate. He had seen how these birds 
earried large carp to their young, and how they left the fish 
lying for them on a thick branch when they detected the 
presence of danger. The eagle which Bombelles had killed 
dropped one of these big fish, which the man who was 
with him took home to eat. He had also shot a Black Kite 
from a nest close by; and on his way back the keepers 
took him to a nest which they had always pointed out as 
the abode of a Kite, and to which I was to have gone a 
couple of days ago, but had declined to do so, as I had 
so often killed that very common bird and wanted to 
economize my time for the pursuit of Cinereous Vultures. 
Bombelles had shot the so-called Kite, which turned out 
to be a very beautiful Spotted Eagle. This added a new 
bird to our collection, as it was the first specimen of this 
very dark-coloured eagle which we had obtained. Brehm 
had also distinguished himself yesterday; for he had gone 
to the vulture’s nest to which I had already paid a fruitless 
visit, and had killed the very large female with a lucky 
rifle-shot. It had, however, remained lying in the nest, and 
was only got out the following morning, and, curiously 
enough, brought by the keepers to our cart; so that we 
had the pleasure of handing it over to Brehm. He had 
also severely wounded the male of this nest with shot ; 
but it got away, and though at the time all search for it 
was unsuccessful, it afterwards reached Vienna in a rather 
high condition. Homeyer had employed the day in making 
notes, and had returned empty-handed. 
