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distance down the slope. Having crawled to these, I per- 

 ceived the eagle busily tearing up her prey in a slight hollow 

 of the ground. She was only forty yards away, yet the sit- 

 ting shot (broadside on) produced no effect. A " green wire- 



BONELLl'S EAGLE. (Adult Female, shut July 10th, 1S72.) 



cartridge, No. 1 " from the left, broke a wing as she rose, 

 and, after some little trouble, she was secured. She proved 

 to be a Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila bonellii), a perfect adult 

 specimen, dark brown above, with white breast boldly 



