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1208 I quote from Mr. Yanell's Supplement, to which I have already alluded, the following particulars.

" This Eagle, very similar in its appearance to our well-known Golden Eagle, but almost one third smaller in size, inhabits the Apennines and other mountains of central Europe. It is le petit Aigle ou Aiyle tachetS of the Animal Kingdom of Baron Cuvier, who mentions that it was so tractable as lobe employed in Falconry, but would only attack small or weak animals, and was otherwise deficient in courage. M. Vieillot includes this species in his Birds of France, and mentions that it preys upon pigeons, rats, and particularly upon ducks, from which latter circumstance it had been called anataria. It builds on high trees, laying two whitish eggs, slightly streaked with red, and it feeds on small quadrupeds and birds.

The Spotted Eagle. {Abulia Noevia).

"This species has been killed in Belgium, and is included by MM. Meyer, Brehm, and Naumann in their histories of the Birds of Germany ; it is found also in Russia and Siberia, but not, I believe, in Denmark, Sweden, or Norway.

"South of the countries of Europe first mentioned, this Eagle is found in Provence, according to Polydore Roux and M. Schembri ; and M. Savi includes it in his Birds of Italy. M. Malherbe says this species inhabits the centre of Sicily. One nest was discovered, containing two Eaglets and a mass of bones and skeletons of rabbits and reptiles; but that which created the greatest surprise was to find, underneath this large nest, seven nests of the Tree Sparrow, containing eggs and young birds ; and these