CussIlL FALCONRY. 
brown, the quil feathers very dark: the tail white: 
the legs feathered but little below the knees, and 
of a very light yellow. The male is of a darker 
color than the female. 
The bill of this is rather ftraiter than is ufual 
in the eagle, which feems to have induced Linneus 
to place it among the vultures ; but it can have no 
clame to be ranked with that genus, for the pygar- 
gus 1s wholly feathered ; whereas, the characterif- 
tical mark of the vulture is, that the head and neck 
are either quite bare, or only covered with down, 
Inhabits Scotland, and the Orknies, and feeds on 
fifh, as well as on land animals. 
Be fe he C.. Ove Nh Ria 
Falconry was the principal amufement of our an- 
ceftors: a perfon of rank fearce ftirred out with- 
out his hawk on his hand; which, in old paint- 
Ings, is the criterion of nobility. Harold, af- 
terwatds king of England, when he went on a 
moft importatit embaffy into Normandy, is paint- 
ed embarking with a bird on his fift, and a dog 
under his arm *; and in an antient piture of the 
nuptials of Henry VI. a nobleman is reprefented 
in much the fame manner + ; for in thofe days, It 
was thought fufficient for noblemen’s fons to winde their 
* Monfaucon monumens de la monarchie rancoife, I. 272, 
2 . 
+ Mr. Walpele’s anecdotes of painting, I. 33. 
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