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can only be described as mottled, for from the head down- 
wards there was quite an irregular mixture of light and dark 
over the whole body, while the tail was in that ugly grey 
state when it is passing from brown to pure white. The two 
young ones were not very large, but the old bird first killed 
was a remarkably fine specimen. 
The eagles, too, are merely winter visitors and will soon 
leave us; but when the migratory birds all return to their 
usual haunts there will be fresh life and movement to observe, 
concerning which I shall have something to say in due 
course. 
