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it is only whilft they are fying, that he rll 
his attack. | : 
Mie, Catefby faw one fix itfelf on an Facle 
and perfecute him fo, that the Eagle turned upon 
his back, and put himfelf into a variety of pole 
tures as he flew, but in vain; at length he alighted 
upon a tree, and kept nikchid there until the « 
tle tyrant left him through fatigue. | 
Whilft the female fits, the male-perclies upon 
-a bufh, or fhrub, near the neft, and chaces away 
any little bird that approaches ; but if a large bird, 
an Eagle, Hawk, or Crow, come within a quartet 
of a mile, immediately he makes his affault, and 
- drives it to a diftance, When his young are 
- flown, his impetuofity*ceafes, and he. becomes a a 
peaceable as-other birds.. . ! 
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Tur CHATTER! NG FLY-CATCHER, 
Inhabits the interior parts of Carolina, two of 
three hundred miles from the fea ; it lives by the 
_ banks of great rivers, and eae fo loud that 
the noife is reverberated from rock to rock. 
It is fo thy, that the fowler with difficulty can 
approach it; it flies with its legs hanging down, 
and often rifes erpeaniculae y, and. alight by 
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