CHAPTER V.

EAGLES AND FALCONS.

THE EAGLES--THE BEARDED EAGLE, OR LÄMMERGEIER--A Visit to their Nest--Habits--A Little Girl carried off Alive--Habits in Greece--Appearance--Von Tschudi’s and Captain Hutton’s Descriptions of its Attacks--THE TRUE EAGLES--THE WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE--Eye--Crystalline Lens--How Eagles may be Divided--THE IMPERIAL EAGLE--THE GOLDEN EAGLE--In Great Britain--Macgillivray’s Description of its Habits--Appearance--THE KITE EAGLE--Its Peculiar Feet--Its Bird’s-nesting Habits--THE COMMON HARRIER EAGLE--THE INDIAN SERPENT EAGLE--THE BATELEUR EAGLE--THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE--A Sea Eagle--Story of Capture of some Young--THE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE--On the Wing--THE COMMON KITE--THE EUROPEAN HONEY KITE--Habits--ANDERSSON’S PERN--THE FALCONS--The Bill--THE CUCKOO FALCONS--THE FALCONETS--THE PEREGRINE FALCON--Its Wonderful Distribution--Falconry--Names for Male, Female, and Young--Hawks and Herons--THE GREENLAND JER-FALCON--THE KESTRELS--THE COMMON KESTREL--Its Habits and Disposition 277