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lowlands in the depth of winter, when hunger drives it down 
from the mountains. This is quite a mistake, for though the 
adult birds are still busy at their nest in the beginning of 
summer, and are therefore confined to certain localities, the 
young ones which have not yet paired range about as freely 
in summer as in winter. 
I had opportunities of seeing a great many “Stein” Hagles 
in Syrmia, especially in the range of the Fruska-Gora. Their 
lesser relatives, the beautiful Imperial Eagles, breed in those 
splendid wooded valleys, but they themselves do not; for, 
despite our thorough searching, we did not find a single nest 
of this species. Young unpaired birds belonging to it were, 
however, flying about the woods in great numbers, and we 
saw some of them every day, although it was just the breeding- 
season of the birds of prey. 
In order to strengthen what has been already said about 
these eagles being found in all parts of the kingdom, I may 
mention that in Bohemia, where, at any rate, agriculture has 
already made very great progress, the hall of almost every 
large country-house is adorned with one or two “ Stein ” Hagles 
killed on the estate ; and that even on the extensive shootings 
of the open country round Prague sportsmen know this great 
raptorial bird, not from books alone but from personal 
observation, and can describe it accurately. 
I will say nothing about the Riesen- and Hrzgebirge and 
the great Bohmer-Wald, for what has been already stated 
applies to them; but I may mention that in the woods round 
Biirglitz and Lana, which belong to Prince Fiirstenberg, the 
“Stein” Eagle is of very common occurrence, especially in 
winter, and I have seen stuffed specimens which were killed 
in those districts; it even returns there so regularly that 
attempts have already been made to kill it at a lure. In 
Moravia, too, it is very common, this being the natural result 
of the nearness of the Carpathians. 
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