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Nest. 
BLACK HAGUE Gea 
forefts; and makes great havoke not only among 
them, but alfo the white hares and Ptarmigans. 
It is equal in fize to the preceding: the bill is of 
a blackifh horn color; the cere yellow; the whole 
body is of a deep brown, flightly tinged with ruft- 
color; but what makes a long defcription of this 
kind unneceflary, is the remarkable band of white 
on the upper part of the tail; the end only being 
of a deep brown: which charaéter it maintains 
through every ftage of life, and in all countries 
where it is found. ‘The legs are feathered to the 
feet: the toes yellow, the claws black. Mr. Wilt 
lughby gives the following very curious account of 
the neft of this fpecies, p. 21. 
‘In the year of our Lord 1668, in the woodlands 
‘ near the river Derwent, in the Peak ot Derby/bire, 
‘was found an eagle’s neft made of great fticks, 
‘ refting one end on the edge of a_rock, the other 
‘on two birch trees; upon which was a la yer of 
‘rufhes, and over them a layer of heath, and up- 
“on the heath rufhes again; upon which lay one 
“young one, and an addle ego ; and by thema 
“lamb, a hare, and three heath poults. The 
‘neft was about two yards fquare, and had no 
‘hollow in it. The young eagle was black as a 
‘hobby, of the fhape of a gofhawk, of almoft the 
‘weight of a goofe, rough footed, or feathered 
‘down to the foot : having a white ring about the « 
“tail. 
Mr. Willughby imagines, his firft pygargus, or 
white 
