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fo great was the difference between them 3 which I fuppofe not to have been natural, 

 but induced by force, for this Teemed to be maimed. The Talon of the fore m oft of 

 the fore-toes of the left foot was five Inches in length, that of the middle three and 

 an half the leaft two. The Talons of the fore toes of the right foot were bigger, in 

 proportion to the back-claw, than thofe of the left. Four Semicircular Tables co- 

 vered each toe near the Talons, excepting the greateft of the fore toes, which had 

 only three * annnU. The reft of the feet was covered with Scales about the bignefs ^|g ° r cak$ 

 of millet grains, or fomewhat Iefs. 



If any one defires an Anatomy and defcription of the inward parts, let him confult 

 Aldrovandus in this place : See alfo here the arguments whereby he proves this bird by 

 him defcribed to be the Chryfaetos of the Ancients 5 and the notes whereby he diftin- 

 guifhes it from other Eagles. 



I fufpedl: this to be the fame bird with that hereafter defcribed by us under the title 

 of Pygargus. The chief difference is, that half the Tail in that is white, whereas in 

 this the whole is of one [ dusky ] colour. 



This with great fiercenefs flew" upon anything that came in its way: and would The fierce- 

 with its Beak and Talons affault and ftrike at Dogs, Cats,&c. and even man himfelf, Qdden Eagle, 

 if they did, before they were aware, approach too near the Cage in which it 

 was (hut up. So far Aldrovandm : to whom this Bird was lent by the Great Duke of 

 Tufcany. 



The Golden Eagle with a white ring about its tail 



We faw three Birds of this fort in the Royal Theriotrophium near theTewer of Lon- 

 don, and a fourth in St. James Park, near Wefiminfter. For bignefs they approached The Bignefs. 

 to Turkeys. The Beak near the head was (height, toward the end hooked, of a horn- The Beak. 

 colour, the Sear or skin covering the Ba(is of the beak of an afti-colour or blewifh 

 white, the (pace from the Nofthrils to the eyes bare of feathers: The mouth very 

 wide when gaping : The Tail of a mean length, with a tranfverfe bar or ring of The Tail] j 

 white. The upper Chap of the Beak had on each (ide a fmall obtufe Angle or Tooth, 

 as that of the Kejirel and other Hawks. The infide of the mouth was of a fle(h-co- 

 lour. The Feathers covering the head and neck not fmooth and even, but rigid, nar- The feathers; 

 row, and lying at a diftance one from another : The Talons black 3 the Legs fea- 

 thered down below the knees. Our Country-men call this bird (imply and abfolutely 

 the Eagle, without any Epithet of diftinftion, as if indeed this were j^t' cfo^Zu, the 

 Eagle of Eagles. I take it to be fpecifically the fame with the precedent. 



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Iq 9 %The Sea-Eagle or Osprey$ Hali£etus feu Aqnila marina^ NifmVeterum. 



ALdrovandus confeffes that himfelf never faw this Bird : But the defcription he The baia 

 gives of it, fentby a certain eminent Phy(ician,agrees exactly to the En g l i s H IrftedforSc 

 BALD Buzzard. Moreover Leonard Baltner, a Fifherman of Strasburgh, who Sea-Eagle. 

 himfelf defcribed and caufed to be painted by the life all Water-fowl that frequent the 

 River Rhine thereabouts, fets forth the Bald Buzzard under the title of Fifth-Adlcr, 

 i. e. the Fifo-Eagle. But feeing that our Bald Buzzard is a leffer Bird than that it may 

 merit the name of an Eagle, and is alfo very like to, and not much bigger than the 

 Common Buzzard, we will treat thereof in a more commodious place, among its fel- 

 lows, viz. the leffer fort of wild birds of prey. And in this place for the Hali£etus 

 or Sea-Eagle we will prefent the Reader with the Ojfifiage of Aldrovandix, feeing That the o$- 

 that for its bignefs may juftly challenge a place among Eagles and is alfo a fierce and ^SLtofis 

 generous Bird, preying upon Fifh, and frequenting not only Pools and Rivers, but the Sea-Eagle„ 

 alfo the Sea. I am not ignorant that Aldrovandits will by no means admit this Bird to 

 be the Sea-Eagle : 1 . Becaufe it anfwers not to the defcription of the Sea-Eagle left us 

 by the Ancients, which makes it to be not much bigger than the Kite, whereas this 

 Bird for bignefs falls not much ftiort of theChryfaetos it felf. 2. Becaufe all the notes 

 of the Ojfifiage agree to it, viz. A whitilh afh-colour, clouded Eyes, a beard under 

 the chin, and finally Aquiline magnitude. But yet thefe Arguments are not of fo 

 great force with me to evince this Bird to be the Ojfifiage, as the manner of living 

 alone to be the Sea-Eagle: unlefs perchance the Sea-Eagle and Ojfifiage be Synonymous 

 words and names of one and thefameBird.Neither do I much matter the defcriptions of 



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