Bill' l ; «N's 
NATURAL HISTORY. 
PART II. 
CHAPTER I* 
Of Birds in General — Of the Slruthious , or Ostrich Order 
~ The Ostrich — The Touyou—The Cassowary— 
The Dodo — The Solitary and the Nazarene—Of ra- 
pacious Birds— The Golden Eagle — Different Species 
of Eagles— The Osprty, Sec . — The Condor— The Vv l- 
ture — The different Species of Vultures — The King 
Vulture s the Secretary, Sec. — The Falcon — Descrip- 
tion of the Art of Falconry— Species of Falcons and 
other Hatch's — The Kite — The Buzzard — The Shrike, 
or Butcher-bird— The Ov/h— Species of the Owl. 
Quadrupeds in their general structure have much re- 
lation with that of man ; but the structure of birds is 
in most respects entirely dissimilar from both. One ob- 
vious mark of distinction between this class of animals and 
the quadruped part of the creation is, that instead of hair, 
birds are covered with feathers, and these appear to be 
nourished and kept, in order in a different manner from 
tne hair of animals. Lest the feathers should spoil by 
, t1,e following account of birds, they arc classed agreeably to the 
thn i 10 arran ." cm '-nt °f orders, yentra, and sjiecies. In the contents of 
. pterS ’. t,iereft >W. genus is distinguished by capitals, and the 
"uerent specres which are described are printed in Italics. 
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