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WILD SPAIN. 



Then she rose to her feet and I shot as she stood on 

 the nest. She sprang buoyantly upwards, ignoring a 

 second charge placed under the wing as she wheeled back : 

 then soared blindly over Felipe, receiving two more 

 cartridges, and after flying some half a mile slowly settled 

 down to earth in a series of descending circles. Sending 



SPANISH IMPERIAJ. EAGLE. 



Felipe to recover her, I awaited the return of the male ; 

 but the sun was low on the horizon ere my eyes were 

 gladdened by the sight of his majestic flight, directly 

 approaching, and with a rabbit hanging from his claws. 

 With quick " yapping " bark, he perched on an outer 

 branch, and next moment fell, wing-broken, to the ground. 



