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as brave the fevere Winter are but few in num- | 
ber, and fhall be particularly noticed in their” 
proper places. ; 
Eacues of feveral forts are found in the coun- 
try bordering on Hudfon’s Bay during the Sum- 
mer ; but none, except the common brown Fith- 
ing Eagle, ever frequent the Northern parts. 
They always make their appearance in thofe drea- 
ry regions about the latter end of March or be- 
ginning of April, and build their nefts in lofty 
trees, in the crevices of inacceflible rocks near 
the banks of rivers. They lay but two eggs, 
(which are white,) and frequently bring but one 
young. They generally feed on fith, which they 
catch as they are fwimming near the furface; | 
but they are very deftructive to the mufk rat and | 
hares, as alfo to geefe and ducks, when in a moult- | 
ing ftate, and frequently kill young beaver. | 
Their nefts are very large, frequently fix feet in 
diameter ; and before their young can fly, are fo | 
provident, that the Indians frequently take a moft J 
excellent meal of fifh, flefh, and fowl from their 
larder. Though they bring forth their young 
fo early as the latter end of May, or the begin- | 
ning of June, yet they never fly till September ; | 
a little after which they migrate to the South. | 
ward. They are the moft ravenous of any bird 
I know; for when kept in confinement or in a 
tame ftate as it may be called, I have known two 
of them eat more’than a bufhel of fifh in a day. 
‘They are never known to breed on the barren” 
grounds | 
Eagles. 
