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Three White-tailed Sea-eagles are now in the 

 aviaries. One of these birds is unquestionably 

 the finest and largest captive eagle in this 

 country. It is a female, taken from a nest in 

 Lapland. In size and bulk she is one-third 

 larger than the other pair, though these are 

 fine specimens. The head, seen from the 

 back, looks as broad as a bull-terrier's, and at 

 a guess her weight must be i61bs. at least. 

 She is very savage, and "goes for" her 

 keeper, who nevertheless catches her, and 

 holds her up by the legs like a giant turkey, 

 on a plan for handling eagles devised by her 

 young owner. The man approaches quietly, 

 suddenly throws a baize cloth over her feet, 

 and then seizes the legs through it. Dan was 

 an adept at the handling of these large birds 

 of prey, and only once did he have anything 

 like a bad accident with one. He was taking 

 his spotted-eagle out for an airing at Harrow 

 when the bird returning to perch on his arm, 

 which was covered with a long leather gaunt- 

 let, came down with such a swoop that it 

 missed the arm and clutching at the side of 

 the leg, tore down his trouser and dug his 

 talon through a thin leather boot, into the 

 instep and lamed its owner for some days. It 

 was a sight to see Dan go into the large aviary 



