BIRDS OF 

 THE LOCH AND MOUNTAIN 



THE GOLDEN EAGLE 



THE Golden Eagle is, without doubt, the noblest 

 of our British birds, and has its home amongst the 

 most desolate forests and mountains of Scotland. 

 It has long since become extinct as a native of 

 England, and when one reads in the newspapers of 

 a " Golden Eagle " being captured or shot in the 

 latter country, it is usually a specimen of the 

 White-Tailed or Sea-Eagle. 



These last mentioned birds are to a large extent 

 migratory, and so pass through England in spring 

 and autumn to and from the nesting sites in the 

 far north. A few a very few attempt to rear 

 their young in the north of Scotland and in the 

 Shetlands, but with small chance of success, as, 

 although the eggs are hatched off safely, the 

 natives frequently take the young when half grown. 



The most common and easiest way to take 

 the young birds is to lower some cotton wool into 

 the eyrie. The eaglets think the cotton wool is 

 some enemy approaching them, and turn on their 

 backs, striking upwards with their powerful claws. 

 Soon these become hopelessly entangled in the 

 wool, when the Eaglets are hauled up to the 

 summit of the cliff. 



