. Wilson's American ornithology [microform] : with additions including the birds described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, & Richardson. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 326 WHITE-HEADED, OR BALD there, aa for the numerous carcasses of squirrels, deer, bears, and va- rious other animals, that in tlieir attempts to cross the river above the Falls, have been dragged into the current, and precipitated down that tremendous gu'f. where, among the rocks that bound tiic Rapids be- low, they furnish a rich repast for the Vulture, the Raven, and the Bald Eagle, the subject of the
. Wilson's American ornithology [microform] : with additions including the birds described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, & Richardson. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 326 WHITE-HEADED, OR BALD there, aa for the numerous carcasses of squirrels, deer, bears, and va- rious other animals, that in tlieir attempts to cross the river above the Falls, have been dragged into the current, and precipitated down that tremendous gu'f. where, among the rocks that bound tiic Rapids be- low, they furnish a rich repast for the Vulture, the Raven, and the Bald Eagle, the subject of the present account Tins bird has been long known to naturalists, being common to both continents, and occa- savnn-e in his cage; in his naiive wilds he seems little less so. Fish is the favorite foodrthough they do not seem able to take them by plunging, but content them- selves witTi either seizing from the Ospreys what they have caught, or, where the water is so shallow as to allow thiw, clutch the (ish without diving. Audubon savs it only now and then procures fish for itself. Ho has seen them several times attempting to take red-fins by wading briskly through the water, arid striking at them with their bill. When fish are not to be had, they appear hardly contented with the smaller animals or birds; pigs and sheep are a common faro, and our author has even mentioned one instance of a child being attacked. 1 he male and female hunt in concert, and it must be when attacking some large-winged game, or water-fowl, which have had recourse to the lake or river for safety, that their en- ern-ies will be best observed. Audubon thus describes a Swan hunt: — *?• The next moment, however, the wild trumpet-like sound of a yet distant but approaching Swan is heard : a shriek from the female Eagle comes across the stream ; for she is fully as alert as her mate. The snow-white bird is now m sight: her long neck is stretched forward; her eye is on the watch, vigilant as that ot her ene-Ti
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