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Here are alfo a great variety of birds, throughout 
the feafons, inhabiting both fea and land. Firli I 
fhall name the eagle, of which there are three fpe- 
cies. The great grey eagle is the largeft, of great 
ftrength and high flight ; he chiefly preys on fawns 
and other young quadrupeds. 
The bald eagle is likewife a large, ftrong, and 
very active bird, but an execrable tyrant : he fup- 
ports his aflumed dignity and grandeur by rapine 
and violence, extorting unreafonable tribute and fub- 
fidy from all the feathered nations. 
The laft of this race I fhall mention is the falco 
pifcatorius, or fifhing-hawk : this is a large bird, of 
high and rapid flight ; his wings are very long and 
pointed, and he fpreads a vail; fail, in proportion to 
the volume of his body. This princely bird fubfifts 
entirely on fifli which he takes himfelf, fcorning to 
live and grow fat on the dear earned labours of ano- 
ther ; he alfo contributes liberally to the fupport of 
the bald eagle. 
Water-fowl, and the various fpecies of land-birds, 
alfo abound, moll of which are mentioned by Ca- 
tefby, in his Hift. of Carolina, particularly his paint- 
ed finch (Emberiza Ceris Linn.) exceeded by none 
of the feathered tribes, either in variety and fplen- 
dour of drefs, cr melody of fong. 
Catefby's ground doves are alfo here in abund- 
ance : they are remarkably beautiful, about the fize 
of a fparrow, and their foft and plaintive cooing per- 
fectly enchanting. 
How chafte the dove! " never known to violate the conjugal 
contract " 
She flees the feats of envy and ftrife, and feeks the^etired paths 
of peace. 
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