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8 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
‘There is a crefted Butcher Bird found 1 in Ame- 
“rica. 
One kind of the Butcher Bird watches the 
Hawks, and alarms the little birds when thev are 
coming. 
All the birds of which we have been reading ; 
firft, the Vulture; then the Falco, of which kind 
are the Eagles, Falcons, Hawks, and Kites; 
thirdly, the Owl kind; and fourthly, the Dae 
Bird—they all noone to the order of the Ac-_ 
Cipitres, becaufe their beaks are hooked, the up | 
per mandible is armed on each fide with a kind “Of. 
tooth; the noftrils aré wide. 
Their feet are formed for refting upon, fhort 
and ftrong. Under their toes they have warty 
knobs. Their claws are hooked, and very fharp. 
‘The body, head, and neck mufcular ; their fkin 
tough. hey are not proper for food. They 
live upon prey and carcafes. In general they 
build their nefts high, and lay about four eggs. 
The female is the moft beautiful and courageous. 
They pair. “Ss 
As thefe birds live upon prey only, or animal 
food, _we fee how kind Providence has. been, in 
giving them very good eyes to fee their prey at a 
diftance; and ftrong bills, and {trong talons, to 
_ pullit in pieces; and mar can fly very fwiftly to 
evertake it. | 
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