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NATURAL HISTORY. 



calculates that when they have young they will destroy at least one hundred Mice a day, and mentions 

 that thirty Field Mice have been taken from the crop of a single bird. 



THE HARPY (Tfirasatiis* harpy ia +). 



Although from its size and courage this bird is generally called the Harpy Eagle, it is evident 

 from its structure that it is a Buzzard, as it possesses the " plated " tarsi of the latter group of birds 



THE HARPY. 



It is an inhabitant of the New World, from Mexico through Central America to Brazil and Bolivia. 

 It is a very destructive bird, causing great damage to the flocks, and even destroying calves, whence 

 it is an object of detestation to the stock-keepers in Mexico. It also feeds on deer and on the large 

 Macaws which are found in the forest it frequents. It stands more than three feet and a half high, and 

 has a large crest, which, together with its powerful talons and glittering eye, gives the bird an imposing 

 aspect even in captivity. In the adult bird the coloration is ashy-grey, inclining in very old examples 

 to silvery grey relieved by the dark ash-coloxired wings and tail. 



s, daring ; aerds, an Eagle. 



a bird of prey. 



