. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 68 DIRDh OF PllKY. first d. "'• 'ion while voyaging far up the Mis- si- • uth of Ffibruary, 1814. At length, he ' . aijiiiciion of discovering its cyry in llie high ciifs of Green River in Kentucky, near to its junction with the Ohio; two young were discovcrtMl loudly hiss- ing from a fissure in the rocks, on the approach of tlio male, from whom they received n fish. The female now also came, and with • i cuouo < '.mvi for the safety of her young, gave a loud scream, dropped the food sh
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 68 DIRDh OF PllKY. first d. "'• 'ion while voyaging far up the Mis- si- • uth of Ffibruary, 1814. At length, he ' . aijiiiciion of discovering its cyry in llie high ciifs of Green River in Kentucky, near to its junction with the Ohio; two young were discovcrtMl loudly hiss- ing from a fissure in the rocks, on the approach of tlio male, from whom they received n fish. The female now also came, and with • i cuouo < '.mvi for the safety of her young, gave a loud scream, dropped the food she had brought, and hofering over the molesting party, kept up a growling and threatening cry by way of intimidation ; and, in fact, as our disappointed naturalist soon discov- ered, she, from this time, forsook the spot, and found means to convey awny her youu:,'. The discoverer con- siders the species as rare ; indeed, its principal residence appears to be in the northern parts of the continent, par- ticularly the rocky solitudes around the great north- western lakes, where it can at all times collect its finny prey, and rear its young without the dread of man. In the winter season, about January and February, as well as at a later period of the spring, these birds are occa- sionally seen in this vicinity,* rendered perlmp bolder and mor<! familiar by want, the prcvalenro oi the ice and cold, at this season, drives them to the necessity of wandering farther than usual in searr <" food. At this early period, bnwev.;r, Audubon observed indications of the approach of the br'^eding season, and Mr. N. J. Wyeth, of Fresh Pond, i this neir^hbourhood, h^s seen then ..ntenuiug ocasi -ually in tl air, so that one of the antagonists wo dd sometimes suddenly drop many feet downwards as il wounded or alarmed. My friend. Dr. H'lyward of Boston had in his jjossession one of these fine docile Eagles for a considerable time ; but de-. the pi tains The the la dive f
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