THE KING OF BIRDS.

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 257, 26 July 1930, Page 28

THE KING OF BIRDS.

“Fairy Nightlight,” tells us about the eagle, which we may see in the Zoo. She writes: —“This is a large bird, with glaring eyes, sharp claws, and a terrible cry. He cannot be tamed unless he is taken when young. The eagle rises higher in the air than any other bird, and can be seen from a great distance away. So strong is he that he can bear away geese, young lambs, kids and even small children. , Even when tamed, eagles will not bear the least harsh usage without resenting it It is said that once a man in Scotland had a tame eagle whose keeper one day lashed it with a horsewhip. A few days after, the man chanced to stoop near it, when the angry eagle flew into his face with so much fury that the man was found dazed with the fright and fall. The eagle was still pacing and screaming in a fierce manner, aud soon afterwards, broke his chain and escaped.

Eagles build their nests on high rocks and towers, and the same nest does them all through their life. Several instances are known of little children being seized by eagles and carried off to their nests. Once, in Norway, a boy over two years old, was running from the bouse to join his parents in ii imu iii i min riiiiit huh mi hi 111 imimiii