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without sickness. They would, without any particular care, 
have become strong young rascals, when I transferred them 
to other hands ; but, as I afterwards heard, the close sunless 
cages and the food of the Zoological Gardens soon finished 
off most of them. . 
I have found this to be the case on several occasions, 
and young birds of prey in confinement can only be saved from 
certain death by a mixed diet of flesh and bones, with feathers 
or hair. Ina great many zoological gardens they are, how- 
ever, unhappily killed by being studiously fed with pure 
flesh, whereas they need other substances for the formation of 
bone. It was remarkable how quickly my young Sea-Eagles 
got used to people and dogs, and-how confident they became. 
I will, in conclusion, give the dimensions of twelve Sea- 
Eagles which I measured myself, and which my friends and 1 
shot in Southern Hungary and Slavonia during the end of 
April and the beginning of May. 
Sex. Length. | Breadth. | Wing. | Tail. | Beak. | Tarsus. |Middle toe. 
cm. cm. cm. cm. em. cm. cm. 
é. 84 212 60 29 79 9 7 
3. 91 228 63 30 8-7 9°5 85 
3. 83 214 60 29°5| 85 9°5 79 
Q. 91 235 64 31 9 9:9 8:3 
d- 93 233 64 31 9 9°38 85 
3. 83 2138 60 28°5.| 8-7 8:5 8:9 
d. 87 240 68 28:8] 9 10 9 
9.| 955 | 232 | 66 | 285} 9 | 10 85 
2. 96 234 69 28 72 9-5 10:3 
é. 87 239 63 32 88 9 93 
2. 95 213 61:5] 30 8 9 75 
3. 84 214 60°5| 30 8 9 75 
