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On the second occasion I went through a somewhat similar 

 experience in the Fruska-Gora. An accomplished forester, 

 well acquainted with birds, conducted me to a Kite's nest, 

 where I tried to drive out the occupant by hammering at the 

 trunk of the tree, but it was not until after repeated attempts 

 that a handsome Pygmy Eagle flew out and fell to my shot. 

 A few days before, the forester had frightened out the female 

 Kite, and on the very day wh'en I found the Pygmy Eagle as 

 an interloper in the nest the pair of Kites were anxiously 

 circling over the spot. Both the nests of these Kites were 

 placed on oak trees in very similar situations. 



Near Kovil I found a dark-coloured female Pygmy Eagle 

 in a particularly large nest. The male, decked in the beauti- 

 ful pale plumage, was perched close by, and when I approached 

 fluttered anxiously from tree to tree without flying far away, 

 even after its mate had been shot. 



It is difficult to furnish detailed and connected information 

 about the Pygmy Eagle, for one only sees it now and again, 

 and it is only when favoured by good luck that one has an 

 opportunity of studying this highly interesting bird. 



In the beautiful uninhabited mountains close to the splendid 

 lake of Butrinto, in Albania, I have seen the bold, powerful, 

 and equally interesting BonehTs Eagle (Aquila bonellii) 

 cruising about, but it unfortunately never came well within 

 shot. I hope, however, that on some future occasion I may 

 be able to record some particulars concerning this bird. 



