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THE OOLOGIST. 
THE OOLOGIST. 
Dci-oicrJ to Birds and Birds' Eggs. 
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DECEMBER, 187; 
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nucessariiy is large, wliy will s«)nie persons 
persist in requiring answers to posial-card 
questions? Iu the proper sense it is cx- 
tremcdj unlmsinesslike. AYho would send 
to a mjiauiucturer or dealer for some arti- 
cle sold by hiin, and require him to send it 
by mail postage paid, uulcss it is nuder- 
stood that the postjige is to be prepaid? 
Xot long since, wc made noticeable the 
fact,^ that, irom the extraordinary outlay 
required the ilhistrutiou accompauyinn- the 
September number of this paper, we should 
be necessitated to exact five cents for each 
f-peciuicn or extra copy sent out. After all 
we said about it, wc r.iceivcd postal-card 
rc<iue?ts fi om at least half a do^seu persons, 
sohcuing a copy of the paper. On remind- 
ing them of our notice, tiicy unexception- 
al'.y declared that they were injured, and 
that wc never would im.rease our circula- 
tion tlius. Were we to answer ail postal- 
f:ard questions, and comi)ly with requests 
unaccompanied by the requisite amount in 
stamps, our outlays in that direction would 
amount to between thirty and fifty cents a 
day, whicli is no small sum to pay for 
postage alone. Therefore, hereafter, no 
person who expects an answer by mail; 
wishes a specimen copy of this paper; or! 
pm-chascs oological instruments, need be ! 
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THE GOLDEN EAGLE. 
Aquila ch^ysaetu8,LI^'^^- 
HE Golden Eaole, al- 
though a permanent resi- 
dent of the United States, 
is of rare occurrence, it- 
being seldom that one scfS 
more than a pair or twfj 
iu tlie course of a yenr, un- 
less lie be an inhabitant of 
the mountains, or of the larjre plaius spread 
out at their base. I have seen a lew 
them on tlic Aving along the sliores of the 
Hudson, others on tlie upper parts cjf tlie 
^Mississippi, some along the Allcghauifc-, 
and a pair in the vState of Maine. At Liili- 
rador Ave saw an individual sailing, nt tlic 
heiglit of a few yards, over the moss-cov- 
; ercd surface of the dreary rocks. 
1^ Although possessed of u powerful fiiglit 
it has not tlic speed of many hawks, nor 
even of the Whitc-hernhHl Ea'.'Ie. I t caii- 
nr)t, like tlic latter, piu'sue and seize on the 
Aving the prey it longs for, luit is obliged 
to glide down through the air for a certain 
height to insure the success of its enterprise. 
The keeimess of its eye, however, uiJiko< 
up for this defect, and cuables it to spy, at 
a great distance, the objects upon wliirk if 
preys ; un<l it seldom misses its aim, Jis i: 
falls with the swiftness of a uie.t^'or tf»w:U'iN 
the spot on Avhich they arc concealed. Wiie;i 
at a great height iu "the air, its gA'ratimw 
arc uncommonly beautiful, being slow and 
of wide circuit, and becoming the majesty 
of the king of birds. It often continueV 
them for hours at a time, Avith apparently 
the greatest ease. 
