. My life among the wild birds in Spain . violently. Recovering itself, it ransome yards and eventually took wing and followed the restthe flock. The Eagle did not attempt to follow up its advanta 148 The Great Bustard and sailed away, apparently entirely unconcerned. Arrived at thespot below where the Great Bustard had first been struck, Fer-gusson and I found a number of the rich russet and black barredfeathers which adorn the shoulders and upper part of the back ofthe Bustard, also a short way beyond was a mass of white feathersfrom the breast and lower parts which had been knocked out byth
. My life among the wild birds in Spain . violently. Recovering itself, it ransome yards and eventually took wing and followed the restthe flock. The Eagle did not attempt to follow up its advanta 148 The Great Bustard and sailed away, apparently entirely unconcerned. Arrived at thespot below where the Great Bustard had first been struck, Fer-gusson and I found a number of the rich russet and black barredfeathers which adorn the shoulders and upper part of the back ofthe Bustard, also a short way beyond was a mass of white feathersfrom the breast and lower parts which had been knocked out bythe impact of its 30-lb. weight as it struck the ground. It is hardly necessary to say that the Eagle probably had noidea of attempting to kill the Bustard and that he struck it outof the sheer exuberance of its feelings. A very similar spirit isat times shown by Peregrine Falcons, which in pure wantonnesswill stoop and strike some luckless Gull which chances tocome across their path when they are returning to their nest onsome
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