. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . laft of which he was very fondof, and fometimes a young Cat, which he would feize with his Talons, and withhis Beak break her Skull, killing her immediately, after which he would divert him-felf with pulling off her Furr for fome time and then eat her. B The ( 2) The Black Eagle, Aquila Valeria. Numb. II. THIS Bird was fomewhat lefs than the common Eagle;its Bill of a blewilh Horn-Colour; the Sear or Skincovering the Bafe redilli; the Irides Hazel-Coloured; theEye-Brows white: Th
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . laft of which he was very fondof, and fometimes a young Cat, which he would feize with his Talons, and withhis Beak break her Skull, killing her immediately, after which he would divert him-felf with pulling off her Furr for fome time and then eat her. B The ( 2) The Black Eagle, Aquila Valeria. Numb. II. THIS Bird was fomewhat lefs than the common Eagle;its Bill of a blewilh Horn-Colour; the Sear or Skincovering the Bafe redilli; the Irides Hazel-Coloured; theEye-Brows white: The whole Bird was of a dark ferrugi-neous Colour inclining to black. The Legs were Ihort, and covered with long Feathers,fcarce half an Inch remaining bare; that and the Feetcovered with hard, dusky, yellow Scales; the Talons longand black. It is a Bird of great Strength and Valour,and continually feeking to deftroy Hares, delighting intheir Flefh rather than that of Birds. This Bird I drew from the Colle61:ion of Sir ThomasLowther, who w^as pleafed to let me draw fevei-al fineBirds out of the fame Colledion. 3. The
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