. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 239 BALD EAGLES KILL FAWNS. The accompauyiug photograph shows a fawn which I saw killed by two bald eagles {Ualiwetus leiicocephalus) near Five Pines, Trinity County, California, a few years ago. The doe made a des- perate fight, but the pair of eagles was too much for her. One of the eagles finally succeeded in carrying the fawn away in its talons and killing it. The fawn was photographed after it had been p
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 239 BALD EAGLES KILL FAWNS. The accompauyiug photograph shows a fawn which I saw killed by two bald eagles {Ualiwetus leiicocephalus) near Five Pines, Trinity County, California, a few years ago. The doe made a des- perate fight, but the pair of eagles was too much for her. One of the eagles finally succeeded in carrying the fawn away in its talons and killing it. The fawn was photographed after it had been partly devoured by the eagles (see Fig. 57).—Geo. W. Giddings. burger and myself visited the Oliver ranch near Mount Eden in order to pro- cure some "floppers" for the State Game Farm. About some fresh-water ponds which are, however, situated in a salt marsh, we noted at different times two fulvous tree-ducks. A later visit made to the same place on June 26th also dis- closed a bird of this species about a mile away from the place where one was seen on the 22d. Whether the birds were nesting in this marsh or not we were unable to ascertain.—W. N. Fig. 57. Deer fawn killed by bald eagles near Five Pines, Trinity County, California. Photograph by Geo. W. Giddings. THE FULVOUS TREE DUCK IN ALAMEDA COUNTY. The fulvous tree duck {Dendrocygna hicolor), usually called "squealer," is seldom found in California except during the summer season, and even then it is largely restricted to the interior valleys where it nests. Its appearance along the coast is unusual, and hence this note of its occurrence in Alameda County seems worthy of publication. On June 22, 1915, Mr. R. B. Gans- HYBRID GEESE. Some very interesting hybrid geese have been reared by Mr. Chase Littlejohn of Redwood City. These hybrids are a cross between female Canada geese (Branta canadensis) hatched from eggs secured at Lake Tahoe and the Chinese horned goose. The horned goose gander is no
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