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which, when at large (which it was sometimes permitted to 

 be), would take up its station on the tops of trees in order 

 to keep its owner in view as he walked through his demesne, 

 and would return to him from any distance when his arm 

 was extended towards it. The same writer gives the fol- 

 lowing description of the manner of hunting sometimes 

 pursued by the Eagle : " An Eagle was seen by Mr. 

 Adams, lately gamekeeper at Glencairn, in pursuit of a 

 hare. The poor animal took refuge under every bush that 

 presented itself, which as often as she did, the Eagle ap- 

 proached the bush so near as apparently to beat the top of 

 it with his wings, and thereby forced the hare to leave her 

 place of refuge. In this way she was eventually driven to 

 open ground, which did not long avail, as the Eagle soon 

 came up with and bore her off." 



THE SPOTTED EAGLE. Aquila navia. This Eagle, much 

 resembling the Golden Eagle, but almost one-third smaller 

 in size, is introduced into the list of British birds from the 

 circumstance that two specimens of the species were shot 

 in Ireland in the early part of 1845. Its range is exten- 

 sive in Europe and Asia. It builds on high trees, laying 

 two eggs of a light colour marked with brown. 



THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. Aquila albicilla. The 



