WHITE-TAILED HAWK. 
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. at na ture, * who, notwithstanding her luxuriant 
undance, evidently accomplishes all her ends with 
"■in f, rea * est economy of means, has ever placed, abori- 
a ln different parts of the globe, individuals of 
8am ® species; but has always given to each the 
‘ extending its range, according to volition, in 
otbn . ectlon where it should find climate, food, or 
or circumstances most appropriate. 
s»e "b'te- tailed hawk is one of those anomalous 
of tV e . S ’ " b ' cb connec t the generally received divisions 
ami T ?r oat r!' cllus Falco, It participates in the form 
relat' ,ablt * °* tbc ( Milvus ,) while in its other 
at th« US U u PP roa<:lles the true falcons (Falco,) and 
Savin*' Si J me tinle presents traits peculiar to itself. 
ucarfL- 8 ’ thcrefore > v ery properly considered its 
groan 1 ' e i tbe ^lack-winged, as the typo of a peculiar 
Which " lub be elevates to the rank of a genus, but 
oni v 1 l°r the present shall adopt as a subgenus 
Vafli ,, “sequent observations have confirmed Le 
fur™, \ < ; pl ", ioi, > that the swallow-tailed hawk (Falco 
a few' ti' S ° loSel y related to it; and associated with 
been -j r reeently discovered species, they have 
name ofKv 6< * a 3 T a distinct group, under Savigny’s 
but i a '! us ‘ ^ icillot adopted the group as a genus, 
the'iiiir.,!' ** reason we know not, has since changed 
readil v ,r c ^lanoides. The hawks of this group are 
lemrth of rt lll « l " s b f ‘d from all others, by the superior 
bv “their l iu Setond primary of their elongated wings; 
noTtooLrih 6d n lb0Ve ’ curved from the ba “b 
wholly reticulated e tarsi ,r half Tfl ‘’“fV f° rt ’ and 
entirely senarated ' i " feathered before; toes 
llatteimd love H, an<1 |l0 "" , ' f ' ul uails - The head is 
deep sunk and wittTth 8ap \ wide ’ aud c y es lar ge. 
The colours are also abo . ve ' 
y white, . F ie, r^tKs 
We tbink^rnno”^”.* *! Cb u, *?*? u‘S > “‘“"S’ lliffe rent acceptations, 
“Sgregatorf *° State ’ t . hat W1 ‘t Ranzani, we mean by it “ the 
lj y the Supreme Creator ^‘ Wga ’ a “ d of the laws “nposedoii them 
