( I6 ) 

 CLASS I. BIRDS. 



Div. I. LAND-BIRDS. 



I. RAPACIOUS. 

 FALCON. 



38. Black-Ea- Ringtail Eagle, Br. ZooL I. 124. Er. Joluir-dhubh. 



gle. 



MOST deflruftive to deer, white hares, 

 ^iid ptarmigans : has almoft deftroyed 

 the deer of the ifle of Kum, In Runnoch 

 eagles were, a few years ago, fo very nume- 

 rous, that the commiflioners of the forfeited 

 eftates offered a reward of five fhilh'ngs for 

 every one that was deftroyed : in a little time 

 fuch numbers were brought in, that the Ho- 

 nourable Board reduced the premium to three 

 fhillings and fixpence: but an advance in 

 proportion as thefe birds grew fcarcer, might 

 in time perhaps effcded their extirpation. 



Ravens and hooded-crows are the jackals 

 to eagles : the croak of the raven, or the 

 affemblage of the crows about a carcafs, is 

 certain of bringing an eagle to the fpot, as 

 the pcrfons who fhoot thole birds for fake of 

 the rewards teftify. 



39, Sea-E. 



