. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . wn the Middle of them contrary to what they are in Falcons The Eyes are large, the Irides yellow, over each Eye is a white Linereaching round the Fore-part of the Head; the Top of the Crown, up-per Side of the Neck, Back, and covert Feathers of the Wings are of adusky Brown; the Quill-Feathers black, - the under Side of the Wingsdusky with fmall round whitifh Spots like Pieces of Money, difperfedthrough the Superficies. It hath a thick and fhort Neck; the Legs fhorter than the Re
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . wn the Middle of them contrary to what they are in Falcons The Eyes are large, the Irides yellow, over each Eye is a white Linereaching round the Fore-part of the Head; the Top of the Crown, up-per Side of the Neck, Back, and covert Feathers of the Wings are of adusky Brown; the Quill-Feathers black, - the under Side of the Wingsdusky with fmall round whitifh Spots like Pieces of Money, difperfedthrough the Superficies. It hath a thick and fhort Neck; the Legs fhorter than the Reft ofthe Falcon Kind. It feems to be called Lanarius a laniando, i. e. from tearing. It is of agentle Nature, of a docile and tradable Difpofition fas Bellonius writes)very fit for all Sorts of Game, as well Water-Fowl, as land ; for it catchesnot only Pies, Quails, Partridges, Crows, Pheafants, &c. but alfo Ducks,yea and Cranes too, being trained up thereto by human Induftry: Theyabide all the Year in France, being feen there as well in Winter, as inSummer, contrary to the Manner of other rapacious Tie ■ (s) The Gojhawk Accipiter Palumbarius. Numb. VIII. IT is fomewhat bigger than the common Buzzard:its Head, Neck, Back, and upper Side of the Wings ofa dark, dusky Brown or Buzzard Colour: The wholeBread and Belly white with tranfverfe black Lines (land-ing very thick ; the Thighs in the Cock are coveredwith rediili Feathers having black Lines in the Middledown the Shaft; the Legs and Feet are yellow; the Ta-lons black. The Beak blewifli, the Sear of a yellowilh Green ; theWings when clofed fall lliort of the End of the Train,by which Note alone, and its Bignefs, it is fufficiently di-ftinguillied from all other Hawks, The Train is of a dun Colour, with black Bars Hand-ing at a good Diftance from each other. It takes not only Partridges and Pheafants^ but alfogreater Fowls, as Geeje and Cranes, fometimes alfo itcatches Conies.
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