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Of Birds there are not miny more hhm 
120 kinds as our Naturalifts have conjei^u-. 
redj bur I think they are deceived ^ they are 
divided into land- birds and watcr-birdSj^ 
the land' birds again into birds of prcy^ 
birds for meat, finging*birdsarid others. 
The Vilhamaw is the King of Birds 
of prey in Nevp-England^ foraie take him 
%o be a kind of E^g/e, others for the Indian^ 
Kuc\ the biggeft B rd that is, except the 
Vflrich. One Mr. Hilton living at Fafcaia- 
way^ had the hap to kill one of them : being 
by the Sea- fide he perceived a great ihidow 
ovei his head, the Sun (hining out clear, 
cafling up his eyes he faw a monftrous Bird 
foaring aloft in the air, and of a.fudden all 
the T)uc\5 and Gh^z^ { there being then 
grestmany) dived under water, nothing 
of them appearing but their heads. Mr. 
HiltGff having made rcadie - his piece, (hot 
and brought her down to the ground^ how 
he difpofed of her I know not, but had 
he taken her alive & fent her over into Eng- 
land. * neither Bartbolomm not Smrbridm'^ 
Fair could ^ have ' produced fuch ^another 
fight. 
HiJ«r%/ there are of feyeral kinds , as 
Gojhappk^s , Falcons , Lanursy Sf ^rrow^ 
hawk^Sj and a little biack hamke i^ig^^f pn- 
2cd by the. J^^iii^i' who wcM-thtOk on tmk 
