Class II. GOLDEN EAGLE. 201 



still more exquisite. If hooded crows or ravens 

 happen to be nearer the carrion and resort to it 

 first, and give a single croak, the eagle, if there 

 is one in any part of the neighborhood, is cer- 

 tain of instantly repairing to the spot. 



Eagles are remarkable for their longevity, and Longevity. 

 for their power of sustaining a long abstinence 

 from food. Mr. Keyskr relates that an eagle 

 died at Vienna Sifter a confinement of 104 years. 

 This pre-eminent length of days probably gave 

 occasion to the saying of the Psalmist, thi/ 

 youth is renewed like the eagle's. One of this 

 species, which was nine years in the possession 

 of Ozv en Holkuid esq. oiComvy, lived thirty-two 

 years with the gentleman who made him a pre- 

 sent of it; but what its age was when the latter 

 received it from Ireland is unknown. The same 

 bird also furnishes a proof of the truth of the 

 other remark, having once, through the neglect 

 of servants, endured hunger for twenty-one 

 days, without any sustenance whatsoever. 



" The golden eagle is not uncommon in 

 Russia,* where it is said to be used in falconry, 

 for the purpose of taking wolves, foxes, and an- 

 telopes. It is seldom killed in England. One 

 y^diS ^hotdX Yarmouth in 1783, the extent of 

 which was reported to be twelve feet. Mr. 



* Decouvertes Russes. iii. 127. 



