BALD EAGLE. 
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^*^6 fcB' feet, and a largo bald eagle bearing off a frag- 
®ut of its frock, M bicb being tbe only part seized, and 
^''ay, providentially saved the life ot the infant, 
j "he appetite of the bald eagle, though habituated to 
in*1^ fasting*, is of the most voi'acious and often the most 
“dclioate kind. Fish, when he <^au obtain them, are 
vr'iTcd to all other fare. Young lambs and pigs are 
morsels, and mad<! free with on all favourable 
ptasions. Ducks, geese, gulls, and other sea fowl, are 
J!® seized with avidity. The most putrid carrion, 
nothing better can be had, is acceptable; and 
collected groujis of gormandizing vultures, on 
dis *hPcoach of this dignified personage, instantly 
. Pci'se, and make way for their master, ivaiting his 
^ P'^cture in sullen silence, and at a respectful distance, 
the adjacent trees. 
« one of those partial migrations of tree squirrels 
sometimes take place in onr western forests, many 
cusatajj^ of them were drowned in attempting to cross 
a 0 “ certain place, not fiir from Wheeling, 
tG*^P>gions nnniber of their dead bodies were floated to 
nrt by an eddy. Here the vultures assembled in 
force, and had regaled themselves for some time, 
p a bald eagle made his appearance, and took sole, 
at of the promises, keeping the whole vultures 
bfie Pioper distance for several days. He has also 
Cajv ^ceii navigating the same river on a floating 
"'at ^''ougli scarcely raised above the surface of the 
saw tugging at the carcass, regardless of snags, 
llj„ ^ers, plmiters, or shallows. He sometimes cames 
Ija,. .^^pnny to great extremes against the vnllnres. In 
ac,.: j **’"cs, when food happens to be scarce, should he 
^ciitally meet with one of these n ho has its craw 
thr*’""^ with carrion, he attacks it fiercely ill the air; 
cio„®’^"‘«‘dly vulture instantly disgorges, and the deli- 
are snatcheil up by the eagle before 
qN, *'‘‘ach the ground. 
lar„ “cst of this species is generally fixed on a very 
PifS* *i”'^ '**^ty tree, often in a swamp or morass, and 
to be ascended. On some noted tree of this 
