. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 414 DIURXAL BIRDS OF Fig. 341.—golden eagle. The Fisher Eagles (Halietus) keep near the margin of the sea, and live principally upon fish. The Great Harpy of America {Falco harpyia) is superior in size to the Common Eagle. Of all buds, this possesses the most terrific beak and claws. Such is its strength, that it is said to have cleft a man's skull with its beak ; its ordinary food is the Sloth, and it often carries ofl" fawns. The Falcons {Falco) are remarkable on account of their projecting eyebrows, which make th
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. 414 DIURXAL BIRDS OF Fig. 341.—golden eagle. The Fisher Eagles (Halietus) keep near the margin of the sea, and live principally upon fish. The Great Harpy of America {Falco harpyia) is superior in size to the Common Eagle. Of all buds, this possesses the most terrific beak and claws. Such is its strength, that it is said to have cleft a man's skull with its beak ; its ordinary food is the Sloth, and it often carries ofl" fawns. The Falcons {Falco) are remarkable on account of their projecting eyebrows, which make the eyes apjjear as if deeply sunk in the head, and give to the physiognomy an appearance altogether different from that of the Vultures. They have a lofty, rapid, sustained flight; their sense of siglit is more extended and clearer than that of any other animal, enabling them to perceive the smallest prey, when they themselves are out of sight. Most of them feed on the flesh of victims newly killed by their own talons, but when pressed by hunger, they do not refuse dead animals. Instead of eating food on the spot as Vultures do, they bear it off to their eyry. The largest species attack quadrupeds and birds, others feed on reptiles, some live on fishes, and others are entirely insectivo- rous. They all seize their prey with their feet. Some, as the Falcon and the Kite, precipitate themselves perpendicularly upon their game; others (the Buzzards and the Gos-hawks) attack obliquely or sideways. They are generally silent, and very diflicult to tame ; but some of them are trained to hunt on the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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