208 SEA EAGLE. Class II. 



oculorum acie, librans ex alto sese, msoque in 

 man pisce, praceps in eum mens, et discussis 

 pectore aquis rapiens. 



It also preys on water fowl. The same writer 

 prettily describes the chace, an amusement the 

 inhabitants near the large lakes formed by the 

 Shannon frequently enjoy. 



It is strange that authors should give the 

 name of Nisus to the sparrow hawk, when Ovid 

 expressly mentions this as the bird to which the 

 father of Scylla was transformed. 



Ouam pater ut vidit (nam jampendebat in auras 

 Et modo factus erat fulvisHALi^EETOS alis) 

 Ibat, ut hserentem rostro laniaret adunco. 



A hawk from upper air came pouring down, 

 ('Twas Nisus cleft the air with wings new grown.) 

 At Scylla s head his horny bill he aims. 



CroxaL 



