Notes and Comments poi 
the birds had certainly been con- 
siderate in choosing an undoubtedly 
easy site, but, as I experienced 
some little difficulty in obtaiming 
suitable accommodation in it for 
my camera, I did not care to test 
the adaptibility of the approaches 
for vehicular traffic. My first 
attempt to photograph the nest 
was doomed, as, no sooner had I 
got the camera satisfactorily fixed, 
than a blinding snow storm came 
on; and after clinging to the rock 
with one hand and the camera legs 
with the other for over half an 
hour, by which time I was well 
covered up and the nest had a couple of inches of snow in it, I had to abandon it. 
The little eaglet screamed 
most piteously in the storm; 
and although I several times 
saw the parent birds over- 
head, and his cries must 
have reached them, they 
never approached within a 
hundred yards, which quite 
satisfied me that the golden 
eagle will not under any cir- 
cumstances, while at large, 
attack man. I was not 
sorry when the storm 
abated sufficiently to allow 
me to get down and start 
a somewhat dreary tramp 
of five miles to the hotel ; 
but I determined to try 
again, and two days later 
I revisited the eyrie under 
more favourable conditions. 
On that occasion the larder 
had been replenished with 
a freshly-killed and neatly- 
plucked grouse, which may 
be seen at the back and 
to the left of the photo- 
graph of the eaglet, whilst 
to the right of it are the 
remains of a_ ptarmigan, 
and in front the skins 
of two young mountain 
hares. I am afraid I sey 
am disclosing facts which AT THE EYRIE. 
GOLDEN EAGLET IN NEST. 
