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Oo St Biz Bow Crass II. 
the others barred alternately on their inner webs 
with brown and white: on the joint of the wing 
next the body was a fpot of white: the quil fea- 
thers of the wings were black; the fecondary fea- 
thers and the coverts dufky, the former having their 
interior webs varied with brown and white. The 
inner coverts white {potted with brown. The head 
{mall and flat, the crown white marked with oblong 
dufky fpots. The cheeks, chin, belly and breaft 
white, the laft {potted with a dull yellow: from 
the corner of each eye is a bar of brown that ex- 
tends along the fides of the neck pointing towards 
the wing. The legs very fhort, thick and ftrong: 
their length being only two inches and a quarter; 
their circumference two inches: their color a pale 
blue: the outward toe turns eafily backwards, and 
what merits attention, the claw belonging to it is 
larger than that of the inner toe; in which it dif- 
fers from all other birds of prey; but feems pecu- 
liarly neceffary to this kind, for better fecuring its 
flippery prey: the roughnefs of the foles of the 
feet contributes to the fame end. The difference 
in weight, and other trifling particulars, makes us 
imagine that the bird Mr. Willughby faw was a 
male; as the females of all the hawk kind, are 
larger, ftronger, and fiercer than the males; the 
defence of their young, and the providing them 
food, refting chiefly on them. 
