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lived in confinement nearly nine years; it 
did not appear to be particularly partial to 
fish, but devoured flesh with equal avidity. 
He usually plucked birds pretty clean of their 
feathers before he devoured them, and those 
unavoidably swallowed, were, with a part of 
the bones, disgorged. He drank more fre- 
quently than is usual with this tribe of birds. 
He was not a bold bird, but fearful of stran- 
gers ; and in his violent struggles often broke 
his chain. Two or three times he fled for a 
mile or more ; but this being an exertion to 
which he was unaccustomed, he was recap- 
tured without much difficulty. 
This bird is found in Scotland and the 
adjacent isles, and in all the northern parts 
of Europe, as far as Iceland, Lapland, and 
Greenland. 
It is said to remain in Greenland the 
whole year ; and if not more vigorous than 
the common Eagle, it is at least more bloody 
and rapacious. It will attack large animals, 
fish, and birds, especially those which dive. 
It watches with great attention, and pounces 
on them as they rise. It will even venture 
to attack young seals ; in which attempt it 
