THE BIEDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
a wonderful pile of faggots. On the Abrolhos Islands I found I could get 
two nests without the necessity of trying my nerves. One I stepped into 
from the ground and turned the fledged young one out for a time, so that 
I might sit in it to try its comfort. To the other I simply had to walk up a 
few rocks that once formed part of a cliff. Judging by the manner which 
a pair continued to sail round the nest, and the new material of the upper 
portion of it, I should say they were about to lay their eggs, as the time of 
laying varies very much. The nest was not more than 15 feet above high 
water mark and placed between old masses of rock left when all softer 
material had been washed away.” 
Hill {Emu, Vol. X., p. 266, 1911) observed: “An uncommon bird on 
the Kimberley coast-line (North-west Australia). The blacks told me that 
they often saw these Eagles carry away turtles, which they caught by 
swooping down upon them as they rose to the surface to breathe. In a 
subsequent trip to Bernier Island, off Carnarvon, West Australia, I noticed 
that these birds lived almost entirely on sea-snakes.” 
