£08 ^ SEA EAGLE. Class IL 



oculoram acie, librans e.v alto sese, visoque in 

 mart pisce, prcsceps in eum miens, et discussis 

 ■■ pectoix aquis rapiejjs. 



It also preys on water fowl. The same writer 

 prettily describes the chace, an amusement the 

 inhabitants near the large lakes formed by the 

 ^/z«;2?2o;2 frequently enjoy. . - ■ 



It is strange that authors should give the 

 name of Nistis to the sparrow hawk, when Ovid 

 expressly mentions this as the bird to which the 

 father of aS'cj///^ was transformed. 



Ouam pater ut vidit (nam jam pendebat in auras 

 Et modo factus erat fulvis HALiiEEXOS alls) 

 Ibat, ut haerentem rostro laniaret adunco. 



' ~ A hawk from upper air came pouring down, 



■■ - ('Twas Nisus cleft the air with wings new growrt.) 

 At Scyllas head his horny bill he aims. 



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