Eagles attempting the rescue of a wounded companion. Hav- 
ing noticed a number of times mention of the fact that Gulls and other 
large birds have been known to come to the rescue of a wounded compan- 
ion, and believing that this same trait has never been noticed in tbe Eagle, 
I note the following account as witnessed by Paul Scheuring (Nov. 6, 1880). 
While hunting on the marshes of Green Bay, he discovered four large 
Eagles (Hal/aetus leucocefikalus) circling around not far distant; he im- 
mediately paddled towards them and succeeded in wounding one to such 
an extent that it could not fly, but lay fluttering on the water. Before he 
could reach it the other three Eagles had flown to the assistance of the 
fallen bird. Catching hold of its wings the noble birds did their best to 
carry it off, but not being able to raise it they only managed to drag it 
a considerable distance, which showed their friendly intentions just as well' 
as if they had succeeded in flying otf with it. 
After seeing that they could not render their ‘wounded companion any 
assistance, they flew away with a wild scream, leaving the poor bird 
to the mercy of Mr. Scheuring, who quickly dispatched it by holding it 
under the water until it was quite dead. — Saml. W. Willard, West De 
Pere , Wise. Buli.N. 0 . 0 . 0, April, 1881, p, /£3 
i he Bald Eagle fishing. — A few days ago, while driving by a creek 
that makes in from the Penobscot River, I noticed a Bald Eagle circling 
around high in air, above the creek. Presently he began to descend in 
slow spirals, and I could plainly see that he spied some object in the water, 
for he bent his neck downward and partly extended his legs ; then taking 
a wide circle he suddenly darted down obliquely and stretching forth both 
legs to their full length trailed them for several feet along the surface, 
finally making a quick thrust with the right foot and seizing a small fish 
near the head, bore it away. It was plain that he saw the fish from the 
first and circled only for the purpose of getting behind it and approach- 
ing unseen. Altogether it was the best peice of sti’l-hunting I ever saw. 
and It is the first time I have seen an Eagle catch a fish.— Manly Hardy, 
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KEW-YOBK, THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1883. 
CAUGHT BY 2 WO BLUE-FISH. 
AN EAGLE AND A BOY GAVE AN ADVEN- 
TURE IN THE THAMES RIVER. 
Norwich, Conn., Sept. 28.— While rowing 
in the pouring rain of Monday afternoon on Mas- 
sajeag Cove, on the Thames River, halfway be- 
tween this city and New-London, Frank Crandall, 
a Montville lad, bad a rare adventure. Roundimr 
a wooded promontory, he saw just ahead of him a 
great biro in the water furiously lashing the waves 
with its wings. He pulled rapidly to the spot 
and found it was an eagle struggling to 
rise, while some object in the river kept 
it down. As the place was near the shore and the 
water shallow, Crandall leaped overboard and at- 
tempted to capture the bird. A desperate struggle 
ensued. The eagle struck at him with its wings 
and beak, uttering shrill cries, while it. vainly en- 
deavored to extricate its talons from the onjeet 
that held it to the water. At last the lad ihrew 
himself on the bird, bearing it under water, and 
then flung it into the boaL clambering in and lad- 
ing upon it. Still the eagle fought hard, but Cran- 
dall threw a uiece of sail-cloth over it and suc- 
ceeded in winding his stout anchor rope around 
its legs. 
Then the lad examined his capture and saw that 
each of the eagle’s talons was deeply imbeaded in 
the back of a large blue-fish. In the conflict with 
tbe boy the bird had beaten each fish into an al- 
most shapeless pulp, but the sharp claws were still 
tightly fixed in their back-bones. It is supposed 
that the eagle descended into a large, close- 
ly huddled school of blue-fish and, contrary 
to its intentions, struck two fish instead 
of a single one. The double capture was tco 
heavy baliast for an easy rise, and in the struggle 
the eagle’s wings became soaked with water, and 
then escape was impossible. Crandall took his 
bird home alive and has it now on exhibition, it 
measures G feet from tip to tip. He thinks he can 
sell it for $1. 
MISS JULIA F. MA Y'S MISHAP. 
Milwaukee, Sept. 26. — Considerable of a 
: sensation was created by a report this morning 
that Miss Julia F. May, a well-known operatic sing- 
er. who ioined the Hess company recently, ha 
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