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lowlands in the depth of winter, when hunger drives it down 

 from the mountains. This is quite a mistake, for though the 

 adult birds are still busy at their nest in the beginning of 

 summer, and are therefore confined to certain localities, the 

 young ones which have not yet paired range about as freely 

 in summer as in winter. 



I had opportunities of seeing a great many " Stein " Eagles 

 in Syrmia, especially in the range of the Fruska-Gora. Their 

 lesser relatives, the beautiful Imperial Eagles, breed in those 

 splendid wooded valleys, but they themselves do not; for, 

 despite our thorough searching, we did not find a single nest 

 of this species. Young unpaired birds belonging to it were, 

 however, flying about the woods in great numbers, and we 

 saw some of them every day, although it was just the breeding- 

 season of the birds of prey. 



In order to strengthen what has been already said about 

 these eagles being found in all parts of the kingdom, I may 

 mention that in Bohemia, where, at any rate, agriculture has 

 already made very great progress, the hall of almost every 

 large country-house is adorned with one or two " Stein " Eagles 

 killed on the estate ; and that even on the extensive shootings 

 of the open country round Prague sportsmen know this great 

 raptorial bird, not from books alone but from personal 

 observation, and can describe it accurately. 



I will say nothing about the Riesen- and Erzgebirge and 

 the great Bohmer-Wald, for what has been already stated 

 applies to them ; but I may mention that in the woods round 

 Biirglitz and Lana, which belong to Prince Fiirstenberg, the 

 " Stein " Eagle is of very common occurrence, especially in 

 winter, and I have seen stuffed specimens which were killed 

 in those districts ; it even returns there so regularly that 

 attempts have already been made to kill it at a lure. In 

 Moravia, too, it is very common, this being the natural result 

 of the nearness of the Carpathians. 



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