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CLASS I. BIRDS. 



Div. I. LAND-BIRDS. 



I. RAPACIOUS. 

 FALCON. 



38. Black -Ea- Jlingtail Eagle, Br. ZooL I. 124. Er. Joluir-Suhh, 



gle. 



MOST deflru(5live to deer, white hares, 

 and ptarmigans : has almoft deftroyed 

 the deer of the ifle of Rum, In Runnoch 

 eagles were, a few years ago, fo very nume- 

 rous, that the commilTioners of the forfeited 

 eftates offered a reward of five Ihillings for 

 every one that was deftroyed : in a little time 

 fuch numbers were brought in, that the Ho- 

 nourable Board reduced the premium to three 

 Ihillings and fixpence: but an advance in 

 proportion as thefe birds grew fcarcer, might 

 in time perhaps effe6ted their extirpation. 



Ravens and hooded-crows are the jackals 

 to eagles : the croak of the raven, or the 

 affemblage of the crows about a carcafs, is 

 certain of bringing an eagle to the fpot, as 

 the perfons wlio fhoot thofe birds for fake of 

 the rewards teftify. 



39. Sea-E. 



