Vlll 
CONTENTS* 
PAGE 
Chapter VI. Eagle and Hawk Tribe. — - Wild Eagle — - 
Tamed — Muscular powers of — Carry off Children, 
Lambs, &c. — Sometimes killed on the Wing by Weasels. 
— Battle between Cat and Eagle. — How caught when 
fishing — Voracity of — Nests — Singular mode of cap- 
turing their prey. — Bird of Washington. — Eagle Traps. 
- — Feathers Prized 93 
Chapter VII. Vultures — Loathsome feeders — Strength 
of. — Snake-Eater. — Mode of killing Serpents. — Hawks 
— Character of. — Hawking for Bustards — Value of. — 
Iceland Falcons much prized. — Falconry in former days. 
— Contest with Herons. — Modes of Catching. — The 
Sparrow-Hawk. — Anecdotes. — The Glede, or Kite. — 
Herons. — Food of the Hawk Tribe. — Their disposition. 
—The Hawk sacred to the Egyptians and Turks . .113 
Chapter VIII. Owls — Superstitions respecting — Short- 
eared. — The Great Snowy Owl — White Owl — Mode of 
feeding — Attachment to young — Used in Bird- catching. 
— Burrowing O wl. — T> entirostral ; N otch-billed Birds. — 
Shrikes — Mode of feeding— Nests of — used in taking Fal- 
cons. — Puff-backed Shrike. — Thrush genus — Instinctive 
Habits of feeding. — Anecdote.- — Thrush and young Cuc- 
koo. — Fly-catchers. — Cotinga. — Tanagers — Beauty of. 
Sarratirostral, or Serrated Beaks. — Hornbills. — Pleniros- 
tral; Strong-Billed. — Grackles. — Paradise Birds . . .145 
Chapter IX. Ravens — Occasionally desert their Young — 
Predacious Habits. — Sagacity. — Various Anecdotes. — 
Crows and Rooks — Characters of each. — Tame Crow. — 
Meetings, or Councils, of Crows, Herons, Magpies, &c. 
— Whether Rooks are beneficial or injurious to the Far- 
mer. — Hard Winters favourable to Insects. — Rookeries. 
— Red-legged Crow. — J ackdaws. — J ays and Magpies . 179 
Chapter X. Passerine Order continued. — Conirostres ; 
Conical Beaks. — Orioles. — Starlings. — Habits of. — Finch 
Tribe.— Goldfinch. — Anecdotes of. — Nests rapidly com- 
