lyo E R N E. Class IL 



It alio preys on water fowl. The fame writer 

 prettily defcribes the chace, an amufement the in- 

 habitants near the large lakes formed by the Sban- 

 non frequently enjoy. 



It is ftrange that authors ihould give the name 

 of Nifus to the fparrow hawk, when Ovid exprefsly 

 mentions this as the bird to which the father of 

 Scylla was transformed. 



Quam pater ut vidit (nam jam pendebat in auras 

 Et modo fadus erat fulvis Hali^etos alis) 

 Ibat, ut hasrentem roftro laniaret adunco. 



A hawk from upper air came pouring down, 

 ('Twas Nifus cleft the air with wings new grown.) 

 At Scylla's head his horny bill he aims. 



CroxaL 



45. CiNERE- Pygargus, or white tailed ea- Pygargus hinnularius, an 

 ous. gle. Wil. orn. 61. Er}2e. Sih. Scot. 



Rait fyn, av. 7. BriJJon I. Vultur albiulla. Z/«._/yy^. 123. 



427. Braunfahle Adler. Frijchl.yo. 



Em. Br. Zool. PI. Enl. 411. Gamfen geyer. Kram. 326. 



Hiji, dOys. 1. 99. Poiloina. Scopoli. No. 2. 



I 



Descrip. yS inferior in fize to the golden eagle: the beak, 



cere and irides are of a very pale yellow -, the 



fpace between that and the eyes bare, and of a blu- 



ifh color. The head and neck are of a pale afh- 



color : the body and wings cinereous clouded with 



brown. 



