424 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES 
the dangerous presence of man it flies off fast enough ; for it 
is not lazy, and is as active as ever even aftera meal. On 
the other hand, its keen love of hunting and its bold disposi- 
tion often lead it to follow up game until it gets quite close to 
people. The same sort of thing takes place at the owl and 
the decoy-hut. The instant that it catches sight of the foe 
or the bait it dashes at them, and before it thinks of the 
possible danger it is there, yet whenever anything seems 
the least suspicious it vanishes with equal rapidity. A quick 
shot will therefore find it easier to kill three “ Stein” Hagles 
than one of the heavy, lazy, but sly Sea-Hagles. 
The great number of eagles killed by Draxler, who was 
equally celebrated both as a singer and a shot, will serve as a 
proof that this bird has not become so very rare. Besides 
many Sea-Hagles and other birds of prey this indefatigable 
sportsman also bagged a large number of “ Stein” Eagles, all 
shot, so far as I am aware, from his well-known hut at 
Marchfeld, close to Vienna. 
As further evidence of the truth of my statements I may 
mention that, though I had but little time to devote to the 
tedious sport of eagle-shooting, I killed during three winters 
twelve “ Stein” Hagles in a comparatively short time. 
I may now be allowed to jot down a few remarks on the 
Golden and “ Stein” Eagle question, which has of late been 
so often discussed in scientific circles. 
What is Aquila chrysaétus? This was the question that 
so often forced itself upon me when I turned over the works 
of so many naturalists and then saw, either in the open or in 
collections, the bird described as the Golden Eagle. 
All the specimens which we call chrysaétus are invariably 
only colour-varieties of the true “Stein” Eagle. In every 
large museum one finds specimens which are pointed out 
by the Curators as rarities and true Golden Eagles, yet after 
all they are not so. 
