. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . the jfeet are short, their toes long, and their clawscrookea sJiort, and strong. M 2 There 84 TvATUllAL HISTORY There are five kinds of land birds of a rapa-cious nature; namely, those of the eagle^ thehawkj the vulture, the horned and the screechowl kind. The distinctive marks of this genus<are taken from their claws and beaks: their toesare also separated; their legs are feathered tothe heel; they have four toes, three before, andone behind 5 and their beaks are short, thicks andcrooked. The eagle kind is distinguished from the res
. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . the jfeet are short, their toes long, and their clawscrookea sJiort, and strong. M 2 There 84 TvATUllAL HISTORY There are five kinds of land birds of a rapa-cious nature; namely, those of the eagle^ thehawkj the vulture, the horned and the screechowl kind. The distinctive marks of this genus<are taken from their claws and beaks: their toesare also separated; their legs are feathered tothe heel; they have four toes, three before, andone behind 5 and their beaks are short, thicks andcrooked. The eagle kind is distinguished from the restby his beak being straight till towards the end,when it begins to hook downwards. The vulture kind is distinguished by the headand neck being without feathers. The hawk kind by the beak being hookedfrom the very root, The horned owl by the feathers at the base ofthe bill standing forwards; and by some fea-thers on the head, that stand out, resemblinghorns. The screech owl by the feathers at the base ofthe bill standing forward, and being JEiUfle
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