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The Parrot-BEAKED BuzzarRD. 
A rare bird, and was shot in a cocoa-nut tree in the Mahaicony. 
It sights its prey, small birds, from the perch. Another species, 
The LonG-LEGGED SNAKE-EATER, 
Leads us back to the abandoned fields. This bird, a large, brown, 
dirty and ruffianly-looking animal, is very often seen, particularly on 
the east sea-coast, undergoing the punishment peculiarly appropriated 
to bullies, namely, being severely thrashed by fellows much smaller 
than himself. The Kiskadee, a tyrant shrike, is the little champion 
who thrashes the Snake-eater. Sometimes two or three of these 
birds will be seen, always keeping above it, pecking the Hawk most 
unmercifully, and they seldom fail in bringing it to the ground, when 
the sight of its powerful talons I presume, reminding them that the 
better part of valour is discretion, causes them to fly off to some 
neighbouring tree and set up a glorious “Io Pzan” of Kiskadee, 
Kis-kis-kiskadee over their victory. I have seen this Hawk capture 
snakes more than once and fly off to its perch to devour the prey. 
Another species, 
The CRAB-EATER, 
Frequents the courida trees, from whence it sights its prey on the 
mud-flat, namely crabs. It pounces upon any unwary crab that quits 
its hole, and, unlike the Snake-eater, consumes it on the spot where 
it takes it, and then returns to its look-out. They build a nest of 
sticks in the courida bush. Another species, 
The INSECT-EATER, 
Is the most ignoble of all our Hawks. Its feet and claws are sin- 
gularly weak, and it feeds almost exclusively on beetles and other 
insects, which it captures on the courida bush, which it frequents. I 
have opened them and taken a large quantity of the fragments of in- 
sects out of the stomach. 
The CresteD AND BooTep EAGLE. 
A live specimen of this beautiful bird was brought to me as a 
present by an old servant who had left me a long time, and had been 
living far up the Demerary river. He unfortunately knew nothing 
of its habits, and told me that it was the only one he had seen. I 
have never seen one in the wild state. This bird lived for some days, 
but would not eat. Apparently, the beautiful semicircular crest of 
black feathers with a white central star was only elevated when the 
bird was excited. This however was almost constantly the case, 
from extreme wildness. The cry was a loud, plaintive, diminishing 
ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. This bird certainly has most of the characters 
of a true Eagle. It is heavy and robust, with a beak somewhat 
straight at base; tarsi plumed to the toes ; wings moderately long, 
with the fourth feather the longest ; and the general air is that of an 
Eagle. 
