GOLDEN EAGLE. 
PLATE IV. 
Aquila chrysaétos,  . 3 ; : SELBY. 
Falco chrysaétos, . : : : . Monraev. 
Falco fulvus, . 4 : : : Linn2zvs. 
Likes the preceding species, the Golden Eagle locates 
its nest among high and inaccessible rocks and preci- 
pices, or on the rifted bole of some hoary tree, which 
formerly grew up in vigour in the lonely solitude, but 
now only remains a mournful wreck, ‘‘lean, rent, and 
begeared by the strumpet wind.” Occasionally, though 
less frequently, a forest trec is pitched upon, reference 
being naturally had, as was the case with other preda- 
tory freebooters in the olden days, to a good look-out, 
both for purposes of aggression and self-defence. The 
Eagle’s plume was no unfit badge for many an ancient 
chieftain, and the cap too of many a truly noble man 
has worn it. 
“Fitzjames alone wore cap and plume, 
And Snowdown’s knight is Scotland’s king. 
The nest is very large, and the more so, inasmuch 
as it is always, where possible, reconstructed of, or 
rather built upon, the old materials, the same eyrie 
being made use of for many successive years, or it 
may even be for many generations; the consequence 
of the most favourable locality as to food and security 
