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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 hun- 

 dred and four years. Their voice is sharp and loud, con- 

 sisting generally of two notes, repeated many times in 

 succession. Two birds of this species kept by Mr. Selby 

 "appeared untameable in disposition, their fierceness re- 

 maining undiminished through years of confinement. They 

 did not exhibit any partiality 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 two Golden Eagles, and four 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 hunting 

 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 hun- 

 dred 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 in the 



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