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fenfive, if not deftructive to the poffeffions of man-. 
kind. Some of thefe birds have been found in Wales. 
‘The male engages in the maintenance of the young 
for the firft three months; after which time the fe- 
male undertakes, and continues in this employment, 
until they are’ capable of providing for themfelves. 
The eagle flies the higheft of all birds, and is therefore 
called the bird of Heaven. Bochart fays, that it lives 
a century, during which period it is continually en- 
creafing. . Such 1s its chirft'after blood, that it never 
drinks any other liguid, unlefs when fick. The fwan 
is the only bird thai dare refift this king of birds. All 
others, not even excepting. the dragon, tremble at its ~ 
terrific cry. “Not content with preying on birds, and 
the {mailer beafts, it will plunge into feas, lakes, and 
rivers, after fifh. His fight is more acute than that of 
any other bird. It carries the young on its back to 
fecure them trom the fowler. The feathers are ren- 
ovated every ten years, which greatly’ increafes its 
vigour, as expreffed in the beautiful fmile of David: 
Thy youth fhall be renewed like that of the eagie. 
\ The eagle that would not quit the corpfe of Pyrrhus, 
who had brought it up from a neftling, is a proof that 
this {pecies of bird is capable of attachment and grati- 
tude. 
_ Vhere are fixteen other forts of eagles; namely, the 
fun, bold, ring tailed, and black eagles; ofprey bird ; 
crowned, common, white, rough footed, erne, jean Ie 
blanc, Brazilian, Oroonoko, eagle of Pondichery, and 
-vulturine eagle. 
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A I; is doubtful which this bird is moft allied to, the 
* eagle or the vulture; its force and vivacity refem- 
_ bling the former, while the baldnefs of the head and 
' neck are like the latter. No bird can compare with 
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