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The Golden Eagle has reputation for 
great longevity and for the power of sustain- 
ing abstinence from food for an unusual 
length of time. Pennant mentions one that 
died at Vienna after a confinement of 104 
years ; and another which lived nine years in 
the possession of O wen Holland, Esq. of Con- 
way, having previously lived thirty-two years 
with the gentleman who made him a pre- 
sent of it, but what its age was when the 
latter received it from Ireland is unknown- 
The same bird also furnishes a proof of the 
truth of the other remark, having once 
through the neglect of servants endured hun- 
ger for twenty-one days, without any suste- 
nance whatever. 
This bird is found in various parts of Eu- 
rope. It is known to breed in Ireland ; and 
Pennant says that there are instances of their 
having bred on Snowdon Hills. Mr. Bul- 
lock has recently taken the nest of this bird 
in the Isle of Hoy. 
In 1811 a female of this species was shot 
near Broinpton, in Middlesex, and presented 
to Mr. Bullock, proprietor of the London 
Museum. Within a week of the same time 
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