ON ORNITHOLOGY. 421 
birds an outlook are a few detached trees and boundary 
heaps ; yet from one spot two or even three eagles are often 
seen flying over the snow or. sitting on the trees, waiting 
for the hares to run past. 
In Hungary the “ Stein ” Eagle is common enough in all 
the districts where there is a large head of game. I know 
one locality very well, which is yearly visited by this bird, 
and is, I might almost say, one of its winter-stations, and can 
therefore give some details about it. 
Round Gédéllé, about an hour from Pest by rail, the 
woods and heaths are stocked with incredible numbers of 
red deer, some roe, and plenty of small game. In summer 
the eagles frequently pass over the forests without halting 
there. In autumn, on the other hand, they appear and often 
stay until almost the end of March. The reason for their 
so doing is quite clear to me, for from the beginning of 
September up to about the middle of January the red deer 
are being continually driven, and owing to their great 
abundance and the pronounced disinclination of the Hun- 
garian keepers to make a proper search for the wounded 
animals, a great deal of game is left lying in the woods, and 
the eagles find a superfluity of enticing food. 
Throughout three autumns and winters I have employed 
myself in making observations at this favourite resort of the 
eagles. One circumstance which I could not account for was 
the great variation in the time when the birds first showed 
themselves. In 1875 the first “Stein” Hagle appeared 
somewhat after the middle of October, and remained a 
long time. In 1876 heavy snow fell in Central Hungary 
in the beginning of November, and in spite of the cold 
having set in so early the first eagle only came to the woods 
about G6d6llé on the 11th of November. In the autumn of 
1877, October was singularly mild, the trees were still in 
full leaf, and the country had by no means an autumnal 
