. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. . Fia: 260.—Golden Ea^es. The Tartars, however, are in the habit of using an Eagle indi-genous to Central Asia to assist in taking the hare, tox, antelope, and EAGLES, 569 wolf. As this bird is weighty, they do not hold it on the fist, butplace it in front of their horses saddle. This species, called the Bere-. Fig. 261.— Imperial Eages. ;\ -X coot, which is scarcely known by Europeans, is of great power andcourage. A well-known traveller describes a scene he wit
. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. . Fia: 260.—Golden Ea^es. The Tartars, however, are in the habit of using an Eagle indi-genous to Central Asia to assist in taking the hare, tox, antelope, and EAGLES, 569 wolf. As this bird is weighty, they do not hold it on the fist, butplace it in front of their horses saddle. This species, called the Bere-. Fig. 261.— Imperial Eages. ;\ -X coot, which is scarcely known by Europeans, is of great power andcourage. A well-known traveller describes a scene he witnessed on 570 REPTILES AND BIRDS. the Steppes of Tartary, where a pair of them attacked and killed aibrace of wolves with the greatest apparent ease.
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