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the grey Eagle, being much of the Colour of our Kite or Glead. 

 The second is the bald Eagle, for the Body and part of the Neck 

 being of a dark brown, the upper part of the Neck and Head is 

 covered with a white sort of down, whereby it looks very bald, 

 whence it is so named. The third is the black Eagle I'esembling 

 most the EnglisJi Eagle, they build their Nests much after the 

 manner of that Dr Willoughby describes, and generally at tlie 

 top of some tall old Tree, naked of Boughs and nigh the River- 

 side, and the People fell the Tree generally when they take the 

 young ; they are most frequently sitting on some tall Tree by the 

 River-side, whence they may have a Prospect up and down the 

 River, as I suppose to observe the fishing-Hawks ; for when they 

 see the fishing Hawk has struck a Fish, immediately they take 

 Wing, and 'tis sometimes very pleasant to behold the Flight ; 

 for when the fishing-Hawk perceives her self pursued, she w^il 

 scream and make a terrible noise, till at length she lets fall the 

 Fish to make her own Escape, which the Eagle frequently catches 

 before it reacli the Earth or Water. 



These Eagles kill young Lambs, Pigs <S;c. This fishing-Hawk 

 is an absolute Species of a Kings-fisher, but full as large or larger 

 than our Jay, much of the Colour and Shape of a Kings-fisher 

 tho' not altogether so curiously feather'd ; it has a large Crop as 

 I remember ; there is a little Kings-fisher much the same in every 

 respect with ours * * * There's both a brown Owl and 

 White Owl, much what as large as a Goose, which oftens kills 

 their Hens and Poultry in the Night ; the white Owl* is a very 

 delicate feathered Bird, all the Feathers upon his Breast and Back 

 being Snow-white and tipp'd with a punctal of Jet-black : besides 

 there is a Barn Owl much like ours ; and a little sort of Scritch 

 Owl. The night Raven, which some call the Virginia Bat,f is 

 about the Bigness of a Cuckow, feathered like them but very 

 short, and short Leg'd, not discernable when it flies, which is 

 only in the Evening scudding like our Night Raven. There's a 

 great ravenous Bird that feeds upon Carrion, as big very nigh as 

 an Eagle, which they call a Turky Bustard, its feathers are of a 

 duskish black, it has red Gills, resembling those of a Turky, 



* Nye tea nyctea. 



t Chordeiles virginianus. 



