8 GOLDEN EAGLE. 
combined having been originally selected. The same 
instinct that prompted the Eagle of a thousand years 
ago, guides with the like unerring judgment his descen- 
dant of our own day in the nineteenth century. 
The nest, according to some, has no lining, but is — 
stated by others to be lined a little with grass or wool; 
and where these cannot be procured, or not in sufficient 
abundance, with small sticks, twigs, rushes, sea-weed, 
heather, or any kindred materials. 
The eggs, which are generally only two in number, 
but in some instances three, are white, sometimes greyish 
white, and sometimes completely mottled or marbled over 
with light russet brown. 
