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Lake Umbagog.
Curtis Meadow
1897.
Sept. 21
(No 4)
not attempt any pursuit but presently it came
floating back over us again, this time so low down
(certainly not above 60 or 70 yards) that I was sorely
tempted to fire at it. For an instant it hung
nearly motionless looking down at us curiously. Through
my glass I could see every detail of its coloring.
It was evidently a nearly mature individual with
the golden brown of the head not fully perfected
however. It had no white whatever on the tail
feathers. The bird that drove out the Ducks earlier
in the day had the basal half of the tail pure
white above. The earlier bird was also much darker
colored the head and body appearing to be almost
jet black.
[margin]Golden
Eagle[/margin]
  The "Ring-tailed Eagle" after its exploit with the Ducks
was harassed incessantly for several minutes by
an Osprey which attacked it furiously as a King bird
does a Crow keeping above and darting down at
it from above. Every time it approached it within
less than six or eight feet the Eagle would turn
back downwards and thrust up both its feet
with all the talons extended, evidently trying
to grasp it. This evolution, which I witnessed at 
least half-a-dozen times, was performed so
quickly that it was difficult to follow it with the eye
but for a fraction of a second the upstretched legs
and wide-spread talons were distinctly outlined
against the sky. Probably the bird turned over &
back again in half a second or less. It did this
without apparent exertion & without perceptibly
falling. Both birds at the time were over the