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CHAPTER VI. Eagle and Hawk Tribe. Wild Eagle 

 Tamed Muscular Powers of Carry off Children, 

 Lambs, &c. Sometimes killed on the Wing by Weasels, 

 Battle between Cat and Eagle. How caught when 

 fishing Voracity of Nests Singular mode of cap- 

 turing their Prey. Bird of Washington. Eagle Traps. 

 Feathers prized 93 



CHAPTER VII. Vultures Loathsome Feeders Strength 

 of. Snake- Eater. Mode of killing Serpents. Hawks 

 Character of. Hawking for Bustards Value of. 

 Iceland Falcons much prized. Falconry in former days. 

 Contest with Herons Modes of Catching. The 

 Sparrow-Hawk Anecdotes. The Glede, or Kite. 

 Herons. Food of the Hawk Tribe Their Disposition. 

 The HaVk sacred to the Egyptians and Turks . . 113 



CHAPTER VIII. Owls Superstitions respecting-* Short- 

 eared. The Great Snowy Owl White Owl Mode of 

 Feeding Attachment to Young Used in Bird-catching. 

 Burrowing Owl. Dentirostral ; Notch-billed Birds. 

 Shrikes Mode of Feeding Nests of used in takingFal- 

 cons. Puff-backed Shrike. Thrush Genus Instinctive 

 Habits of Feeding Anecdote. Thrush and young Cuc- 

 koo. Fly- catchers. Cotinga. Tanagers Beauty of. ; 



. . Serratirostral, or Serrated Beaks. Hornbills. Pleni-. 



rostral; Strong-billed. Grackles. Paradise Birds . . 145 



CHAPTER IX. Ravens Occasionally desert their Young 

 Predacious Habits Sagacity Various Anecdotes. 

 Crows and Rooks Characters of eack. Tame Crow. 

 Meetings, or Councils, of Crows, Herons, Magpies, &c. 

 Whether Rooks are beneficial or injurious to the Far- 

 iner. Hard Winters favourable to Insects. Rookeries. 

 Red-legged Crow. Jackdaws. Jays and Magpies . 179' 



CHAPTER X. Passerine Order, continued. Conirostres ; 

 Conical Beaks. Orioles. Starlings Habits of. Finch 

 Tribe. Goldfinch Anecdotes of Nests rapidly com- 



