A NATURAL HISTORY OF The Globe, and of Man; BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES, AND INSECTS. FROM THE WRITINGS OF BUFFON, CUVIER, LACEPEDE, AND OTHER EMINENT NATURALISTS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ELEMENTS OF BOTANY. WITH UPWARDS OF FOUR HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. III. BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. PART II. CHAPTER I.1 Of Birds in General...Of the Struthious, or Ostrich Order.....The OSTRICH...The Touyou...The 'CASSOWARY...The New Holland Emu...The DoDO...The Solitary and the Nazarene...Of Rapacious Birds...The Golden EAGLE...Different Species of Eagles... The Osprey, &c....The Condor... The VULTURE...The different Species of Vultures...The King Vulture, the Secretary, &c.... The FALCON...Description of the Art of Falconry...Species of Falcons and other Hawks... The Kite...The Buzzard... The SHRIKE, or Butcher Bird...The OwL...Species of the Owl. QUADRUPEDS in their general structure have much relation with that of man; but the structure of birds is in most respects entirely dissimilar from both. One obvious mark of distinction between this class of animals and the quadruped part of the creation is, that instead of hair, birds are covered with feathers, and these appear to be nourished and kept in order in a different manner from the hair of animals. Lest 1 In the following account of birds, they are classed agreeably to the scientific arrangement of orders, genera, and species. In the contents of the chapters, therefore, the genus is distinguished by capitals, and the different species which are described are printed in Italics. VOL. III. B |