. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. . ained, serpents, lizards, and, according to Buffon,bread are acceptable food to them. Although the Eagle is so irascible by nature, it has sometimesgiven proofs of gentleness truly astonishing. We may instance thebird which lived in 1807 in the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, whichwas captured in the forest of Fontainebleau. One of its feet wasbroken in the trap in which it was taken, and in consequence itwas compelled to submit to a most painful operation, which
. Reptiles and birds. A popular account of the various orders; with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting. . ained, serpents, lizards, and, according to Buffon,bread are acceptable food to them. Although the Eagle is so irascible by nature, it has sometimesgiven proofs of gentleness truly astonishing. We may instance thebird which lived in 1807 in the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris, whichwas captured in the forest of Fontainebleau. One of its feet wasbroken in the trap in which it was taken, and in consequence itwas compelled to submit to a most painful operation, which it under-went with exemplary calmness and courage. Fully three monthselapsed before it was cured, and afterwards it became so familiar withits keeper that it allowed itself to be caressed by him, and on hisretiring for the night the bird roosted by his couch. The ancient falconers of the East were not in the habit of makinguse of the Eagle; its want of docility and its great weight rendered, 568 REPTILES AND BIRDS. it but little adapted to their purpose. Thus they rather unceremo-niously class the Eagle among the ignoble 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-
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