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day, and for many consecutive days. They fly high above 

 the woods, and none of them settle, for they are still travelling 

 from river to river in search of hunting-grounds, and the 

 most that any of them do is to circle round and try to appease 

 their hunger with a hare. After the commencement of their 

 migratory season these eagles quite disappear from that 

 neighbourhood for some time, for they have all reached the 

 places where they can find their favourite food ; they are 

 then on the lakes and rivers. 



Not untilthe great cold sets in do they return to the 

 woods ; then one often sees them in the forest which I 

 mentioned when treating of the " Stein " Eagle, from two to 

 four being frequently assembled at one spot. Sometimes, 

 however, when the weather is mild Sea-Eagles may be sought 

 for in vain in the woods of Grodollo ; one or two may halt 

 there perhaps for a few hours about the middle of December, 

 but that is all. In severe winters they are, on the contrary, 

 visitors upon whose appearance one can safely count. In 

 1875 I there lured with horseflesh, and was fortunate enough 

 to kill, a very pale-yellow coloured Sea-Eagle, which had 

 been ranging for some time through a particular wood. Soon 

 afterwards another very old bird appeared and went about 

 for nearly a month with a " Stein " Eagle, which I finally 

 killed before its eyes. 



The same sort of thing takes place at the commencement 

 of the mild weather, towards the middle or end of March, as 

 in October. There then comes a succession of days when 

 Sea-Eagles may be met with in almost every district of 

 Central Europe. That is the time when they are flying to 

 their breeding-places. In the neighbourhood of Vienna, 

 which throughout the winter is well stocked with them, I 

 only remember to have seen one during the breeding-season. 

 It was a very pale-coloured old bird, and made its appearance 

 in the Imperial Park at the beginning of June. It devoured 



