Eagle, Brazilian. The Brazilian Eagle is 
of a dtcp brown colour, with an admixture of ci- 
nereous in the wings; the tail is white; and the 
legs are naked. 
Eagle, Jean le Blanc. This fpecies is of a 
brownifli grey colour above, and white fpotted 
with tawny brown below. I'he feathers on the 
outfide, and on the extremity of the tail, are brown, 
thofe on the infide beino; white fcreaked with 
brown ; and the legs are naked. 
Eagle, Rough-Footed. The Rough-Footed 
Eagle is of a diity iron colour above, and of an 
iron one mixed %vith black below.' The head and 
neck are cinereous mixed withchefnut; the points 
of the Vv'ings are biackifli; the tail is white; and 
the legs are bare. 
Eagle, White. This Eagle is invariably of 
a beautiful white colour tiiroughout; and from 
this circumflance it receives it's name. 
EAGLE, SEA. A ipecies of cartilaginous 
flat fifli, of tlie paftinacha marina kind. . The head 
is almoft like that o(' the toad ; and the eyes are 
large, round, and prominent. The tail, which is 
long, flcndcr, and Ibmetimes above two ells in 
length, is armed with along fharp weapon, the 
wound of which being extremely dangerous, is 
avoided by mariners with the molt careful circum- 
fpeftion. The body is larger than that of the fire- 
flaire; the mouth is full of teetli; and the fliin is 
foft and fmooth, the upper part being livid, and 
the under white. 
Theie fifli are generally taken v/hen fmall, but 
fome have been caught which v/eighed upwards of 
three hundred pounds. They may eafily be diftin- 
guillied from other griftly fifn by the lengtli of 
their tails, as well as by their large weapons or 
fpines, Vv^hich are fometimes fingle, and fometimes 
double, but alvv-ays venomous. They inhabit the 
Mediterranean feas, and are often brought to the 
.markets of Rome and Naples. Their flefh is foft 
and moifl; but having a rank naufeous fmell, it is 
therefore feidom ferved up at the tables of the opu- 
lent. Tliey receive their name from their thin 
broad fides, v/hich reprefent tlie expanded wings of 
eagles. 
EAR-SHELL. In theLinnsan diftribution, 
a fpecies of the haliotis. The charafters of the 
Ear-Shell are thcfe: it confifts only of one fhell 
or valve, of a flatted ihape, and fomewhat refem- 
bling the human ear; and at the bafe there is a 
very wide mouth or aperture, the largell in any 
Ihell except the patella or limpet. 
Aldrovandus and Rondoletius have given this 
genus the name of patella fera, or wild limpet; 
but in this difcribution they have few imitators, as 
it confounds the auris marina and patella, which 
are abfoiutely two diftincl genera. 
This genus fometimes yields fmall pearls, the 
rudiments oi which are frequently feen in thofe 
ihells which have not brought them to perfeflion; 
and die whole internal fide of the fhell is of the 
colour of the moft beautiful mother-of-pearl : this 
alfo appears externally, when the rough coat is fo 
far corroded by acids, as to leave this pearly fub- 
fiance naked ; in which caie it makes a very ele- 
gant appearance, polTeffing the fpiendor of the moft 
beautiful rnotlier-of-pearl both within and without ; 
and in riiis vniQ it is frequently preferved in the 
cabinets of the curious. 
This fhell, both internally and externally, is 
marked vvidi very high ribs, v/hich run from one 
fide to another ; and in every fpecies of thefe fhells 
there is a row of holes near one edge, of which fife 
are ufually open; and beyond thefe are the marks 
of three or four more, whicli do not entirely per- 
forate the fncll : thefe are formed in the growth ot 
the fifh, which, as it enlarges, extends the fhell ; 
and, when a new rim is formed, wherein there is 
an open hole, one of the hinder ones is always 
clofcd up by the fuperaceffion of frefli fhelly matter. 
Ear-Shell, Great. This fpecies is five in- 
ches in length, and nearly three in breadth; and 
it's fliape is an irregular oval, the end where the 
Ipiral turn is placed being the largeft. The back, 
or hinder edge, is thick, and fo turned as to form 
a kind of lip; the fore-edge is thin, fimple, and 
even ; and the upper furface is brown, rough, and 
uneven, with a kind of undulated line; the part 
neareft the head is thickefl; and the fpiral turn is 
fhort and depreffed. Along the back-part of the 
fliell, near the thickeft edge, there is a row of 
roundifli-fhaped holes, feven of which are open; 
and there are the marks of feveral others which do 
not penetrate quite through the fbell. The in- 
ternal iurface is of a beautiful pearl hue, appa- 
rently variegated with feveral bright colours when 
placed in different dheffMons of light; and there 
are alfo a kind of watery protuberances having the 
appearance of pearls. This fliell is chiefly found 
in the Eafl Indies. 
Ear-Shell, Long, The Long Ear-Shell, 
vvhich has an undulated head and eight holes, is 
three inches long, and an inch and a quarter broad, 
but not more than half an inch high. The head 
is large; and the fpiral turn is very beautiful and 
fair. The back of the fhell forms an even lip, 
the fore-edge being thin and undulated ; the ex- 
ternal f de is fmooth except where it receives a 
rdght undulation from the fpiral turn, and is of a 
greeniili colour variegated with a brov/nilh red; 
the internal fide is of a pearly hue finely diverfified 
with a variety of other tints; and on the back- 
edge there is a long row of holes, eight of which 
are always open. This fpecies, which is found 
adhering to the rocks on the Malabar coaft, in the 
Eafl Indies, is much admired. 
Ear-Shell, Streaked, or Wrinkled. This 
fpecies, which has fix holes, is three inches and a 
half in length, and two in diameter near the head. 
It is externally of a duflcy brown colour; and ex- 
hibits many flight irregular undulated ridges, which 
begin near the fpiral end, though they almoil va- 
nifli before they reach it. 
EAR-WIG. A genus of infe6ls of the order 
of coleoptera. The tail forms a kind of forceps 
endued with the faculty of pinching; the exterior 
wings are very fhort, but dimidiated; and the an- 
tenna3 are fetaceous. The feet are fix in number; 
and the body 'is about the thicknefe of a fmall 
worm, and very fmooth. 
Though not produced quite perfe6l from the 
egg, this infecSt requires but a very fmall change 
before it arrives at that flate which fits it for flight 
and generation. It's natural funftions are never 
fufpended: from the infbant it leaves the egg, it 
continues to eat, move, leap, and purfue it's prey; 
and a (km which inclofed a part of it's body and 
limbs burfts behind, and gives full play to a fet of 
wings with which the animal flies in purfuit of it's 
mate. 
The fwiftnefs of the Ear-Wig, in it's reptile 
flate, is not lefs rem.arkable than it's indefatigable 
velocity v/hen on the wing. That it mufl be very 
prolific, appears from the great numbers produced ; 
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