34 A bout the Feathered Folk. 



shall finish with the experience of 

 others. Mr. McVean says 



" My Eagle I have named 

 ' Roneval,' after the hill in South 

 Uist, where he was hatched. He is 

 a very fine bird, and is not kept in 

 confinement ; he sometimes startles 

 strangers visiting me by swooping 

 past the windows. I have had him 

 now for four years, and he is allowed 

 to go where he will. He is not fond of 

 wandering far, and will always come 

 at the call of the kitchen-maid, who 

 feeds him, and for whom he has the 

 greatest affection. He has a par- 

 ticular aversion to small boys, and 

 always takes an opportunity of 

 flying at one going near him. The 

 only thing he is afraid of is a pig ; 

 and the grunt of a pig is quite 

 enough to make him beat a retreat, 

 even if the pig be out of sight. 

 Once a visitor from London touched 

 him with the point of a light 

 umbrella, a familiarity which so 



