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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 Whig 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 Hawk 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 taking Fal- 

 cons. Puff-backed Shrike. Thrush genus Instinctive 

 Habits of feeding. Anecdote. Thrush and young Cuc- 

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

 Sarratirostral, or Serrated Beaks. Hornbills. Pleniros- 

 tral; Strong-Billed. Crackles. Paradise Birds . . .145 



CHAPTER IX. Havens Occasionally desert their Young 

 Predacious Habits. Sagacity. Various Anecdotes. 

 Crows and Books Characters of each. Tame Crow. 

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

 Whether Books are beneficial or injurious to the Far- 

 mer. Hard Winters favourable to Insects. Bookeries. 

 Bed-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- 



