. Bird-hunting through wild Europe . s these Booted Eagles we foundin these trees a nest of the Short-toed or SnakeEagle (Circaetus gallicus). In Albania, in 1906, Ifound a nest of the Sea Eagle (Haliaetus albicilla)in a silver poplar, and in the following year nestsof Black Vulture {Vultur monachus) and ImperialEagle (Aquila imperialis) in the same kind of treein a Roumanian forest. To show the abundance of raptorial birds inthese forests, in a space of not more than a fewacres were the nests of a Black Kite, a Short-toedEagle, and a Booted Eagle, and none of them werehalf a mile from a villa
. Bird-hunting through wild Europe . s these Booted Eagles we foundin these trees a nest of the Short-toed or SnakeEagle (Circaetus gallicus). In Albania, in 1906, Ifound a nest of the Sea Eagle (Haliaetus albicilla)in a silver poplar, and in the following year nestsof Black Vulture {Vultur monachus) and ImperialEagle (Aquila imperialis) in the same kind of treein a Roumanian forest. To show the abundance of raptorial birds inthese forests, in a space of not more than a fewacres were the nests of a Black Kite, a Short-toedEagle, and a Booted Eagle, and none of them werehalf a mile from a village. The first nest we found was that of a BlackKite, placed at the summit of a small it contained three well-marked eggs, a choicecollection of old rags, and an empty matchbox,I carried the camera up and photographed thenest in situ, as it has been said that the Black Kitedoes not use rags in constructing its nest. We hadseen the bird leave the nest, so that there was nodoubt about its being that of a Black Kite (Milvus. *
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