TRAVELS IN 
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Here are alfo a great variety of birds, through- 
out the feafons, inhabiting both fea and land. Firft 
I ihall name the eagle, of which there are three 
fpecies. The great grey eagle is the largeft, of 
great ftrength and high flight j he chiefly preys on 
fawns and other young quadrupeds. 
The bald eagle is likewife a large, ftrong, and 
very a£Hve bird, but an execrable tyrant : he fup- 
ports his aflfumed dignity and grandeur by rapine 
and violence, extorting unreafonable tribute and 
fubfidy from all the feathered nations. 
The lafb of this race I fhall mention is the falco- 
pifcatorius, or iifhing-hawk ; this is a large bird, 
of high and rapid flight ; his wings are very long 
and pointed, and he fpreads a vaft fail, in propor- 
tion to the volume of his body. This princely bird 
fubflfts entirely on filh which he takes himfelfi 
fcorning to live and grow fat on the dear-earned 
labours of another ; he alfo contributes liberally to 
the fupport of the bald eagle. 
Water-fowl, and the various fpecies of land- 
birds, alfo abound, moft of which are mentioned 
by Catelby, in his Hift. of Carolina, particularly his 
painted finch (Emberiza Ceris Linn.) exceeded by 
none of the feathered tribes, either in variety and 
iplendour of drefs, or melody of fong. 
Catelby’s ground doves are alfo here in abun- 
dance : they are remarkably beautiful, about the 
fize of a fparrow, and their foft and plaintive cooing 
perfedly enchanting. 
How chafte the dove I “ never known to violate the conjugal 
contract.” 
She flees the feats of envy and flrife, and feeks the retired paths 
of peace. 
