THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 798.— December. 1907. 



EXPERIENCES WITH EAGLES AND VULTUEES IN 



ALBANIA. 



By R. B. Lodge. 

 (Plate III.) 



While in Albania this year I was able to put into execution 

 an idea I had long contemplated for the purpose of photographing 

 Eagles and Vultures at close quarters — i. e. to hide up in a hollow 

 tree or other similar hiding-place, with the fresh carcase of some 

 animal laid out as a bait. 



It is astonishing what a number of animals — horses, donkeys, 

 calves, and cows — one sees lying about, having perished in some 

 way or another. Many of them get bogged, and, unable to 

 extricate themselves from the deep mud through which they 

 are obliged to struggle continually, perish miserably, providing 

 food for the Vultures and Eagles constantly on the search for 

 food. 



Biding through the country it is a common occurrence to 

 pass such a carcase, and to see on the neighbouring trees the 

 carrion-eaters waiting to descend once more to their interrupted 

 feast. From the innermost recesses of a half-devoured carcase 

 I have seen dozens of the smaller fry, such as Magpies and 

 Hooded Crows, emerge in a perfect cloud, which had been too 

 busily engaged to notice our approach before. 



The commonest Eagle here is undoubtedly the Sea-Eagle 

 Zool. 4th ser. vol. XI , December, 1907. 2 M 



