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ees a PERE Ks : TS me. 
oR UNTER eS Crass If, 
It alfo preys on water fowl. The fame writer 
prettily defcribes the chace, an amufement the in- 
habitants near the large lakes formed by the Shan- 
non irequently enjoy. 
It is ftrange that authors fhould give the name 
of Nifus to the fparrow hawk, when Ovid exprefsly 
mentions this as the bird to which the father of 
Scylla was transformed. 
Quam pater ut vidit (nam jam pendebat in auras 
Et modo faétus erat fulvis HaL12e£TO0s alis) 
bat, ut herentem roftro laniaret adunco. 
A hawk from upper air came pouring down, 
(Twas Nifus cleft the air with wings new grown.) 
At Scylla’s head his horny bill he aims. 
Croxal. 
Pygareus, or white tailed ea- Pygargus hinnularius, an 
gle. Wal. orn. 61. Erne. Sib. Scot. 
Raii fyn. av. 7. Brifon 1. Vultur albiulla. Lin. fpf. 123. 
427. Braunfahle Adler. Fri/chI. 70. 
Ern. Br. Zool. Pl. Enl. 411. Gamfen geyer.. Kram. 326. 
Hifi. dOys. 1. 99- Poftoina. Scopoli. No. 2. 
S inferior in fize to the golden eagle: the beak, 
. cere and irides are of a very pale yellow; the 
{pace between that and:the eyes bare, and of a biu- 
ith color. The head and neck are of a pale afh- 
color: the body and wings cinereous clouded with 
é; brown, 
