GOLDEN EAGLE. 
171 
It not only permits itself to be bandied in any 
way, but seems to derive pleasure from the appli- 
cation of the hand to the legs and plumage. This 
Eagle was hooded after the manner of the hunting 
hawks for some time, but the practice was aban- 
doned ; and although it may yet be requisite, if 
the bird be trained for the chase, hooding is 
otherwise unnecessary, as it remains quiet and 
contented for any length of time, and no matter 
how far carried on its master’s arm. When this 
Eagle is at large, my friend has only to hold out 
his arm towards it, which, as soon as perceived 
even from a distance, it flies to and perches on. 
It is more partial to alighting on trees than the 
Sea Eagles, (which are kept also,) and, stationed 
on their tops, keeps its master in view, following 
him about the demesne, and where plantations 
often intervene, flying from one to another in the 
direction he walks, indolently remaining as long 
as possible where it perches, consistently with 
keeping him in sight.”* 
The states of plumage in which the adult and 
the young birds of this species appear, being so 
different and decidedly marked, gave rise to the 
long prevalent opinion that they were distinct. 
Papers were written advocating both sides of the 
question ; and it was not perhaps until within 
Mag. of Zool. and Bot. ii. p. 46. 
