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four of these birds sitting on the dead tops of the old oaks 
after a successful hunt. The more the deer are pursued 
the greater is the number of eagles that appear, and if the 
trouble was taken to lay out a deer every week at a particular 
spot, and the birds not shot at, one could within a short time 
collect a very large number of eagles in this single preserve. 
In 1876 I exposed a deer in front of my hut on four occa- 
sions, and spent four mornings at the place, killing three 
“ Stein” Eagles and wounding one Sea-Hagle, which, unfor- 
tunately, got away. 
I have observed that the “Stein” Eagle also comes to 
carrion even when in quite a high condition, but this it does 
very reluctantly and only if much pressed for food. I have 
only once shot one of these birds at a dead horse, and on that 
day the ground was covered with several feet of snow, while 
the temperature had fallen below zero. 
One may say that this eagle is, as a rule, very fastidious, 
for as long as hunting promises to be successful it disdains all 
inferior food. If a deer is killed in the afternoon and laid 
in front of the decoy-hut just as it is getting dark, without 
its being gralloched or any trace of human hands left upon 
it, one can make sure of seeing a “Stein” Eagle on the 
following day. In the early morning, often before daybreak, 
it appears at the place; and the way to make still more 
sure of a meeting with the bold robber is to place an Hagle- 
Owl near the dead game, and then jealousy and an innate 
hatred of its nocturnal foe is added to its greediness for the 
feast. In this way I have killed six of these eagles, two of 
them in one day, and even within one hour. 
It is a mistake to think that the “Stein” Hag 
cessively shy and cunning bird, for, conscious of its powers, 
le is an ex- 
it is bold, quick, and impatient, and can therefore be easily 
deceived and lured into danger. 
When it is quietly sitting on a tree and: becomes aware of 
