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himself, he retires more inland, in search of young pigs, of which he destroys 
great numbers. In the lower parts of Virginia and North Carolina, where 
the habitants raise vast herds of those animals, complaints of this kind 
are very general against him. He also destroys young lambs in the early 
part of spring; and will sometimes attack old sickly sheep, aiming furiously 
at their eyes. 
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Tuts noble bird, the most magnificent of the eagle tribe, is distinguished 
{rom the other eagles, by the shortness of its wings, the extreme robustness 
of its legs, and the more than ordinary curvature of its beak and talons. 
Its upper mandible is remarkably thick at the base, from whence it is con- 
tinued for some distance in a straight line, but suddenly curves downwards, 
with a streng arch toward the point, which is extremely sharp; the lower 
mandible is straight, short, and obtuse; the nostrils are transverse and oval ; 
the wings do not reach when elosed beyond the middle of the tail, which is 
rounded at the extremity; the legs are only partially feathered, on the upper 
part of their anterior surface, the remaining portion being naked and reticn- 
lated ; and the talons are excessively powerful, the internal and the posterior 
in particular attaining an almost disproportionable length. 
1 Harpyia destructor, Cuvier. 
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