GREAT-FOOTED HAWK. 
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her, she would either hop away in anger, or, if prevented from 
retreating, she would spring upon me, and strike, furiously, 
with one of her powerful feet, which were capable of inflicting 
severe wounds. Unless when very hungry, she would not 
touch cooked food; she preferred freshrkilled meat, especially 
tender beef and mutton, generally rejecting the fat. She was 
fond of small birds, but a live duck was her supreme delight: 
the sight of one would make her almost frantic; at such times, 
the vigour and activity of her movements, and the animation 
of her eye, were truly admirable. Her antipathy to cats was 
great, and when one of these animals approached her, she mani- 
fested her displeasure by raising her plumes, opening her 
mouth, and uttering some sounds, which were doubtless intend- 
ed as a premonition of danger. If, regardless of all these, the 
cat got within striking distance, one blow from the Hawk was 
generally sufficient to compel the intruder to a hasty retreat. * 
From Mr. Ord’s supplementary volume. 
