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sometimes do so when hard pressed for food. The 

 Hoodie, on the other hand, will not hesitate to 

 attack any Eagle venturing near its nest and young, 

 and sometimes the strange spectacle is seen of an 



GOLDEN EAGLE AFTER HIS FIRST FLIGHT. 



infuriated Hoodie in full cry after a Golden Eagle, 

 which usually seems only too glad to escape the 

 fierce onslaught of its small opponent. The Grouse 

 live in mortal terror of the Eagle, and directly 

 they see one of these birds in the distance, 

 they make a mad dash for life, sometimes flying 

 for many miles, and crossing mountain ranges and 



