GREAT FOOTED HAWIv. 
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SUBGIiSUS IV.^FALCO liECnSTFlX. 
^-^LCO PEMEOIlI.XUSj WILSON. — C.liKAT FOOTED HAWK, OH- 
FEKEGRINE FALCON.* 
''^^1‘SON, PLATE LXXVI. — EDINBURGH COLLEGE MUSEUM. 
noble bird had excited our curiosity for a long 
f, Every visit which we made to the coast, w'as 
^J'dered doubly interesting- by the wonderful stories 
j bch We heard of its exploits in fowling, ainl of its 
Sh euterprize. There was not a giinuer along the 
R?*'® hut knew it well ; and each could relate some- 
of it ^vliicU bortlprod on the uiarvolloiis. It was 
tj **^‘'ihed as darling with tlie rai)idity of an arrow on 
tvjtj '®ks w'lieu on the wing, and striking them down 
See * projecting bone of its breast. Even the wild 
tvere said to be in danger from its attacks, it 
.j!® 8 been known to sacrifice them to its rapacity, 
tile this hero, the terror of tlie wild fond, and 
«Hj, "'otider of the sportsman, was tiie chief object of 
lajj,^^*shes. Day after day did wc traverse tlie salt 
tliy ^®®s> and explore the ponds and estuaries wdiich 
ip |,i"^®h-footcd tribes frequent in iiuniense multitudes, 
all ,1® ''ope of obtaining tlie imperial depredator; even 
aiq '®,Snnners of the district were summoned to our 
Pro.. the assurance of a great reward it they 
Oin ^*‘®d him, but n itliout success. At length, in the 
jj,, y* of December, 1812, to the unspeakable joy of 
Shp ; 'son, he received from Egg Harbour a fine 
disc of the tar tiimcd duck hawk ; which was 
spp ^'^Ofed, contrary to his expectations, to be ot a 
j,, ®s which he had never before beheld. 
Wo were to repeat alt the anecdotes which have 
It is also a European species. 
