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cause of its allowing itself to be approached within 

 gunshot. On opening it for the purpose of stuffing, 

 the smell was excessively offensive. Another bird, 

 apparently of the same species, was seen near the 

 place where this was killed, but evaded pursuit. It 

 was of the smallest kind, measuring only, from the 

 tip of the beak to the end of the tail, two feet three 

 inches ; and from the tip of one wing to the tip of 

 the other, five feet, six inches and a half: whereas, 

 the great Condor of South America is sometimes 

 found to measure nearly twelve feet from tip to tip 

 of the wings, when spread out. 



AVe next come to the Hawk tribe, which includes 

 a great variety of species, of different sizes from the 

 largest, not much less than an Eagle, to the smallest, 

 not much larger than a Blackbird. They differ, too, 

 very greatly in. disposition ; some, like the Eagles, 

 being all fire, spirit, and courage, while others are 

 dull and cowardly, and compared with the first- 

 mentioned, are, what Vultures are to Eagles. The 

 chief distinguishing marks between the really-called 

 Falcons or Hawks and true Eagles are, in the form 

 and shape of the beak, and length of the outer 

 feathers in the wing. The beak of an Eagle is com- 

 paratively long, terminating in a hook ; whereas, 



Beak of the Eagle. 



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