. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . s in manyother parts of Europe : it is alfo faid to inhabit the moft remote partsof Africa. It frequents gardens, and does much injury to fruit trees in thefpring, by tearing off the young fhoots; but, it
. The natural history of British birds, or, A selection of the most rare, beautiful and interesting birds which inhabit this country : the descriptions from the Systema naturae of Linnaeus : with general observations, either original or collected from the latest and most esteemed English ornithologists : and embellished with figures, drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original specimens . s in manyother parts of Europe : it is alfo faid to inhabit the moft remote partsof Africa. It frequents gardens, and does much injury to fruit trees in thefpring, by tearing off the young fhoots; but, it is alfo very beneficial,in deflroying the infecls that infeft thofe trees. In confinement itprefers hemp feed to all othert. In its manner it very much refembles a Wood-pecker, it is con-tinually running up and down the bodies of trees in quefr. of infects,and fuch as are concealed under the bark, it difcovers by foundingwith its bill. It is very alert and almoff. always feen hanging by itslegs, or running in a fufpended pofture. It is alfo very courageous,and will attack birds that are far more powerful than itfelf. It PLATE LXIX. In the breeding-time it lives chiefly in the woods, and builds inhollow trees. The female lays from eight to twelve eggs ; they arewhite, fpotted with ruft colour. The length of this bird is five inches and three quarters, weightalmoft an ounce. PLATE ^8fc. PLATE LXX. FALCO S P R E Y. ACCIPITRES. Birds of prey. Bill and claws ftrong, hooked. An angle in eachmargin of the upper mandible. Body mufcular. Females largerand more beautiful than the males. GENERIC arched from the bafe, which is covered with a wax-like mem-brane or cere. SPECIFIC CHARACTER AND s r n o n r m $. Cere and Feet blue. Back brown. Head whitifh. Falco Hali^etus: cera pedibufque camileis, corpore fupra fufco fubtus albo, capite albido.—Fn. Suec, Lin. Syji. Nat. i. p. 91. 21. edit. , feu aquila marina. Gefner av. cyanopus. Klein Ste
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