Aquila — Haliceetus 35 



Of the third kind from Aristotle. 



The third kind in colour is blackish, whence* it 

 has received its name, so that the bird is called Pulla 

 and Fulvia, in size the least of all and yet chiefest 

 in strength. It haunts mountains and woods, and is 

 called also Leporaria. 



Pliny. 



The bird called Melamaetos amono- the Greeks, 

 which is the same as the Valeria, is very small in size, 

 but chief in strength, in colour blackish : of the Aquilae 

 this kind alone fosters its young, the others drive them 

 off : it is the only one without a scream, without a softer 

 note. 



Of the fourth kind from Aristotle. 



The fourth kind, called Percnopterus, from having 

 spots upon the wings, is whitish on the head ; it has 

 a smaller body than the other sorts spoken of hitherto. 

 But with its shorter wings and longer tail it has the 

 aspect of a Vulture. It is called besides Subaquila 

 and Mountain Aquila. It dwells in woodlands, an 

 ignoble bird, not lacking the bad qualities of others, 

 but void of the good that they possess. For it is 

 beaten, put to flight, and caught by the Raven and 

 by other birds like that. Further it is unwieldy, 

 sluggish to get food, and carries off dead bodies ; it 

 is always ravenous and querulous ; it cries continually 

 and screams. 



Of the Hali^etus. 



Haliaeetus in Greek and Latin, in English an Osprey, 

 in German eyn visharn. 



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