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several young wild pigs and little Mouflon lambs, and dis- 
appeared after staying about a week. During the day it 
generally sat on the banks of the two ponds that lie close 
together, or on a great elm that stands in the middle of a 
meadow, but always kept so cautiously out of the way of any 
one who tried to approach it with a gun, that nobody ever 
succeeded in getting a shot at it. The crows and jackdaws 
worried it incessantly, and it often took wide flights round 
the meadows only to shake off its pursuers. 
What I have already said of the “ Stein” Eagle, namely 
that it may be found everywhere, even in districts where one 
least expects it, naturally applies, in a far greater degree, to 
the Sea-Hagle ; and it is, in my opinion, not only the com- 
monest eagle, but even one of the most widely distributed 
and most abundant of all the Huropean raptorial species. It 
is really quite a common ordinary bird, astonishing only from 
its size to those who have seen but few eagles. In winter, as 
I have already said, it visits all parts of the country, even the 
most civilized and densely populated, nor does it become 
alarmed at being constantly pursued, for its quiet cunning 
always enables it to escape at the right moment. 
During the winter it is met with throughout Germany, 
and the same may be said of our thickly peopled provinces. 
In Bohemia, for example, where the “ Stein” Hagle is ac- 
counted a great rarity, the Sea-Hagle yearly appears in con- 
siderable numbers. On the ponds of the southern parts of 
that country, notably in the district of Wittingau, several are 
killed every season; and in all the Bohemian country houses 
one finds among the sporting trophies various Sea-Hagles 
which are habitually pointed out with pride as “ Stein” 
Eagles. In Bavaria, also, especially on the southern lakes, 
it is very common during the cold weather, and in the auen 
of the Isar it occurs almost throughout the winter. It is, 
as already said, easy to find everywhere, but very hard to 
