-% THE NATURAL HISTORY 
The: isa a crefted Butcher Bird found i in hoe 
TiCa. 
“One kind of the Butcher Bird watches. tue : 
Hawks, and alarms the little birds when they a are 
- coming. 
All the bide # which we have ea veading' 
firit, the Vulture; then the Falco, of which kind 
are the Eagles, Falcons, Hawks, and Kites ; 
thirdly, the Owl kind; and fourthly, the Butcher 
Bird—they all aes 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 are wide. 
*Ebcis feet are formed for refting upon, fhort | 
7. 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. -They are not proper for food. They ~ 
live upon prey and carcafes.. In general they 
_ build their. nefts high, and lay about four egos, - 
The female is the moft beautiful and courageous. 
They pair. 
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 ftrong talons, to 
pull it in pieces; and they can fly ve ne to. 
oy ertake it, eo 
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