THE EAGLES 



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panic, and generally lose their heads l)efV)re they lose their 

 lives. They run out from their hiding-places and scurry 

 hither and thither. Then, like an arrow from an unseen 

 b o w, the 

 Eagle's mate 

 s w oops 

 down, and 

 the great 

 claws take 

 toll of the 

 frightened 

 liill-side folk. 

 It is no 

 unco m m o n 

 thing, in- 

 deed, for 

 Eagles to use 

 s t r a t e g y. 

 One of their 

 manoeuvres 

 is very much 

 like the trick 

 practised hy 

 the Redskins 

 in the days 

 wdien thou- 

 s a n d s of 

 " buffalo " 

 roamed over 

 the prairies. 



When the Indians could not get sufficient meat and hides 

 by overtaking and shooting the great, shaggy - headed 

 beasts one by one, they used to close in u^)on them from 



BATELEUE EAGLE 



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DISrLAYINfi. 



[W. S. BERr.iDins F.Z.S. 



