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appear so striking as to the student of nature, who 
famines her productions in the haunts which she has 
jotted to them. He perceives at a glance the dif- 
'Ofences of species, and when lie has once bent his 
Mention to an object, can distinguish it at distances 
Hich to the ordinary observer present merely a 
Moving object, whether beast or bird. When years of 
instant observation have elapsed, it becomes a pleasure 
'o him to establish the differences that he has found to 
*Xist amonf the various species of a tribe, and to dis- 
play to others, whose opportunities have been more 
"hited, the fruits of his research. 
“ I hope, kind reader, you will not lay presumption to 
*bv charge, when I tell yon, that I think myself some- 
what. fiualilied to decide ‘in a matter of this kind ; or say 
hint I V, too tar, when I assert, that the hawk which 
»ail s before me, at a distance so great, that a careless 
jhserver might be apt to fancy it something else, 1 can 
^tinimish and name with as much ease as I should 
I ^cognize an old friend by his walk, or his tout nine. 
h'dependently of the cast of countenance so conspicu- 
ously distinctive of different species of birds, there are 
characters of separation in their peculiar notes, or cries ; 
*!'<!, if you add to these, the distinctions that exist in 
'heir habits, it will he easy for you, when you have 
| hioked at the plate of the winter falcon and that ot the 
^d-shouldered hawk, and have been told that their 
| Wotes and manners differ greatly, to perceive that these 
birds, although confounded by some, are truly distinct. 
8. FALCO TF.MF.RARIVS. — LE PETIT CAPORAL. 
AUDUBON, PLATE LXXXV. 
This is a new species, allied to the liohby. It is a 
Native of Pennsylvania. 
