ORNITHOLOGY. 



garded as a valuable acquisition to those amateurs who take 

 delight in the curious parts of Natural History : it is 

 stately and dignified in its appearance, and has preserved 

 its natural appetite through all the horrors of transportation 

 and imprisonment. He daily devours a large quantity of 

 raw beef, and in appearance seems to preserve a vigorous 

 and healthy constitution. In the annexed plate, he is de- 

 scribed in the act of carrying away a native Peruvian Child ; 

 and as we have the authority of many grave and respectable 

 writers to authenticate such a circumstance, we hope that 

 we shall not incur the censure of the more incredulous and 

 sceptical part of our Readers. It is no uncommon circum- 

 stance even in England for the Eagles to carry off Lambs of 

 a considerable size ; nor does it seem either extraordinary 

 or improbable that a bird whose wings extend twelve feet 

 from tip to tip, and whose conformation evidently marks 

 him as a voracious creature, should if ever an opportunity 

 occurs, readily and easily exercise its fatal powers upon 

 the unprotected and helpless state of Infancy. The solitary 

 nature of this bird however, and the particular regions to 

 which he is confined, are providentially placed as a barrier 

 and limitation to his otherwise boundless and voracious 

 appetite. 



