THE EAGLE AND MOUNTAIN HARE 



CHAPTER X 



The Eagle: Habjts ; Greediness; Anecdotes of ;, Killing Eagles; Trapping; Food 

 of— The Peregrine Falcon : Manner of .Hunting^— Tame Falcon : Anecdotes of 

 — Guinea- Hen and Ducks^The Osprey— The Kite: Trapping — The Buzzard; 

 Nests and Habits of. < 



I SAW an eagle ^ to-day passing southwards, apparently on his 

 way from the mountains of Sutherland of Caithness to the 



' Rarely seeri in Morayshire, excepting during its passage froin the Grampians to the 

 more northern mountains. The eggs, sometimes white, and sometimes spotted closely 

 with light red brown.' When taking its prey, suchds a grOUse or hare, ort the ground, 



