THE GOLDEN EAGLE: KING OF BIRDS. By Seton Paul Gordon, C.B.E. 1980 new edition. With a foreword by Desmond Nethersole-Thompson.

(1955) 1980 new edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Ppxxviii,241. B/w photographs, map, bibliography. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt.

This is a distillation of many years' study of golden eagles in Scotland by Seton Gordon, a noted authority on the bird. Chapters include: The golden eagle in the British Isles; The golden eagle in winter; The golden eagle in falconry; The eyrie and nesting habits; Food of the golden eagle; Flight of the golden eagle; The golden eagle's enemies - at home and abroad; A tree eyrie; A rock eyrie; Eight years' observations at a golden eagle eyrie, part I; Eight years' observations at a golden eagle eyrie, part II; Eight years' observations at a golden eagles' eyrie, part III, seasons 1952-3; Pleasures of eagle watching; The golden eagle abroad.