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hare ; the neft was quite flat, and about two yards 
arofs. 
There are other Eagles, called Sea Eagles, and 
Ofpreys. They live upon fifh, which they take 
by darting down upon them as the fifh are fwim- 
ming near the furface of the water. ~Their legs 
have no feathers. 
“The Ofprey. builds its neft on the ground 
among reeds, and lays three or four eggs; its 
outward toe eafily turns backwards, and the claw 
of that toe is larger than the claw of the inner 
toe, which is very ‘ited to the Ofprey for holding 
the fifth, which are flippery. ! 
. Befides thefe, there is the Bald Eagle of North 
Carolina, which was one of the Englith fettlements 
in North America. The Bald Eagles breed ail 
the year round; for when the young are covered 
with down, the old Eagle lays eggs in the neft, and 
leaves them to be hatched by the warmth of the 
Eaglets. 
The Bald Eagles cannot fly very faft, but there 
are fifhing hawks in America, which plunge into. 
-the water, and catch the fifth: the Bald Eagle 
watches them, and whilft the hawk is loaded 
with his prey, flies afterhim. The hawk is afraid, 
and, to efcape, lets fall the fifh, and the Eagle 
catches it before it reaches the water. . The Bald 
Lagle 

