ISO O S P R E Y. ClafsII. 



ward, and what merits attention, the claw belong- 

 ing to it is larger than that of the inner toe ; in which 

 it differs from all other birds of prey, but feems pe- 

 culiarly neceffary to this kind, for the better fecuring 

 its (lippery prey : the roughnefs of the foles of the 

 feet contributes to the fame end. The difference ia 

 weight, and other trifling particulars, makes us ima- 

 gine that the bird Mr. IFtlloughby faw v/as 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. 



Thefe are the only fpecies of eagles that we can, 

 from our own knowlege, pronounce to be Britljh ; 

 but, from the authority of Sir Robert Sihhald^ and fome 

 other writers, we fhall venture to add the figure and 

 defcription of the bird we fuppofe to be their Erne, 

 The account and drawing is taken from a fluffed fkin 

 fent us from Norway, which we believe to have been 

 the fame with the eagle that Sir Robert makes fyno- 

 nymous to his fpecies. 



Species 



