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tendance he protracted beyond the natural time by clip- 

 ping the wings, and thus retarding the flight of the young 

 birds. 



Eagles are said to be very long-lived; one that died 

 at Vienna was stated to have lived in confinement 

 one hundred and four years. Their voice is sharp 

 and loud, consisting generally of two notes, repeated 

 many times in succession. Two birds of this species 

 kept by Mr. Selby " appeared untameable in dispo- 

 sition, their fierceness remaining undiminished through 

 years of confinement. They did not exhibit any par- 

 tiality even for the person who constantly attended 

 and fed them, but were as ready to attack him as a 

 stranger." 



In the menagerie at the Gardens of the Zoological So- 

 ciety there are Golden Eagles and White-tailed Eagles ; 

 but the keepers find the Golden Eagles the most tractable 

 of the two species. 



" Captain Green, of Buckden in Huntingdonshire, 

 has now in his possession a splendid specimen of the 

 Golden Eagle, which he has himself trained to take 

 hares and rabbits." Naturalist for May, 1837. 



Mr. Thompson has given the following information 

 on the authority of a sporting friend. " When out hunt- 

 ing among the Belfast Mountains, an Eagle appeared 

 above his hounds as they came to fault on the ascent to 

 Devis, the highest of the chain. As they came on the 

 scent again, and were in full cry, the Eagle for a short 

 time kept above them, but at length advanced and carried 

 off the hare, when at the distance of from three to four 

 hundred paces before the hounds." 



M. Luighi Benoit of Messina has thus referred to the 

 habits of the Golden Eagle in Sicily. A pair have been 

 seen to hunt in concert for small mammiferous animals 



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