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T his 
well 
upper Part 
the Train pretty long, and the Wings reaching almoft to the End thereof; the Thighs, 
mufcular and ftrong; the Legs of middling Length, the Toes connected by a Mem¬ 
brane a little way; the Bill is hooked, and bent downward, having an Angle in the 
upper Mandible, into which the lower or fhorter is received: The Bafe of the upper 
Mandible is covered with a Skin, in which are placed the Noftrils. The Bill is of a 
Lead-colour, the Cera of a greeniih Yellow ; the Skin at the Corners of the Mouth of 
a redifh Yellow; the Iris of the Eye is of a dark Colour; round the Eye is a bare 
Space of Lead-colour’d Skin; the Top of the Head, Neck, Back, and upper Side of 
the Wings, are of a middling brown Colour; the,under Side from the Bill to the Tail, 
is white, fpotted in the Throat with little dallies, of a dark Colour, tending downward, 
which gradually change their Shape into the Form of Crefen.ts, finer on the Bread:, 
more grofs on the Belly: The Thighs are fpotted with fmaller Spots, which may be 
better conceived by the Figure than defcribed in Words: The Quills, and the Row of 
Feathers immediately above them, are painted with tranfverfe Lines of black or dufky; 
the upper part of the Ridge of the Wing which cover the Bread: is white; the covert 
Feathers within-fide of the Wings are dufky, fpotted with round Spots of white; from 
the corners of the Mouth under the Eyes on each Side, is drawn a broad, black Mark, 
which tends downward as far as the beginning of the Neck: The Rump and upper Side 
of the Tail is of a dark Afh-colour, with tranfverfe Lines of Black; The under Side of 
the Tail and Quill-feathers are of a lighter Adi-colour, and the Bars that crofs them, 
fainter than in the upper; the Legs and Feet of a bright Yellow, covered with a 
fcaley Skin; the Toes are armed with ftrong, fharp-pointed, black Claws, pretty 
much bent. I fhall not, in the Courfe of this Work, trouble the Reader with the 
Number and Situation of the Toesi, the Figures plainly exprefTmg them; yet I fhall 
defcribe all fuch as have not the ufual Number, or whofe Toes hand not in the or¬ 
dinary Pofition. 
This Bird was brought from Hudforis-Bay , and prefented to Dr. Mafley at Stepney , 
where it lived fome fhort Time. This Draught w"as taken while the Bird was alive. 
The Spotted Hawk or Falcon. 
Bird is of the Bignefs of a common Crow , as near as I could judge, and 
fhaped; the Head being pretty fmall and fharp; the Neck, fhort; the 
of the Body pretty round, and falls tapering to a Narrownefs downward; 
The 
