of spring, shews his passion in the same 

 manner, 



And every feather shivers with delight 



The picturesque character in birds of 

 prey, arises from the angular form of their 

 beak, the rough feathers on their legs, 

 their crooked talons, their action and ener- 

 gy. All these circumstances are in the 

 strongest degree apparent in the eagle; 

 but from his size as well as courage, from 

 the force of his beak and talons, formida- 

 ble even to man, and likewise from all our 

 earliest associations, the bird .of Jove is 

 always very much connected with ideas of 

 grandeur. 



Many birds have received from nature 

 the same picturesque appearance, which 

 in others happens only accidentally: such 

 are those whose heads and necks are 

 adorned with ruffs, with crests, and with 

 tufts of plumes; not lying smoothly over 

 each other as those of the back, but loosely 

 and irregularly disposed. These are, per- 

 haps, the most striking and attractive of 

 all birds, as having that degree of rough- 

 ness and irregularity, which gives a spirit 



