BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 
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; belly and vent, like the breast, white, but more 
, ®inly marked with ])ointed spots of brown ; femorals, 
, ’’O'vuish white, thickly marked with small touches ot 
and white ; vent, white ; legs, veiy stout ; feet, 
o.trsely scaled, both of a dirty orange yellow ; claws, 
„i^'eircular, strong and very sharp, hind one cousider- 
i'he largest. 
tj '^liile exiimining the plumage of this bird, a short 
'"^fter it was shot, oue of those winged ticks with 
**‘«h many of our birds are infested, appeared on the 
^“’’uice of tlie feathers, moving about, as they usually 
III’ ^■lck^eard.s or sideways like a crab, among the 
t;|‘’]>age, with great tacility. The iish-hawk, in par- 
^•'iilar, is greatly pestered with these vermin, which 
'^^asionally leave him, as suits their convenience. A 
,®’’tleman who made the experiment, assured me, that, 
Phmoino- a live fish-hawk under water, several of 
laa*® wimred licks remained hovering over the spot, 
,w.> tile instant the hawk rose above tlie surface, darted 
tf, among his plnraagc. The experiment was several 
its tk’* '““do, with the like result. As soon, however, 
W‘ parasites perceive the dead body of their patron 
PeS*'"'"!? fo become cold, they abandon it ; and, if the 
•tist " "’*>0 holds it have his head uncovered, dive 
'tVn • ’y “mnng his hair, as I have myself frequently 
rj,p’''euced ; and, though driven from thence, repeatedly 
V„ “'■'b till they are caught and destroyed. There are 
Pfol'^'''' kinds of these ticks. Of the one found on the 
hawk, the head and thorax were light brown ; 
Ho six in number, of a bright green, their joints 
almost horizont.ally, and thus enabling the 
la^^hire to pass with the greatest ease between the 
C of feathers ; the wings iverc single, of a dark 
irir'' colour, and twice as long as the body, which 
inched towards the extremity, where it was slightly 
Tie ^ ; feet, two clawed. 
“Ud A "'*'cct lived for several days between the crystal 
!)ci_'*'al-plate of a watch, carried in the pocket; but, 
(,‘ 0 o>? ,P^“ced for a few minutes in the sun, fell into 
''“isions and died. 
