A. NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GLOBE, OF MAN, OF BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES, INSECTS AND PLANTS. A NEW EDITION, WITH MODERN IMPROVEMENTS, AND FIVE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS. BOSTON: GRAY AND BOWEN. MDCCCXXXI. A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE GLOBE, OF MAN, OF BEASTS, BIRDS, FISHES, REPTILES, INSECTS AND PLANTS. FROM THE WRITINGS OF BUFFON, CUVIER, LACEPEDE, AND OTHER EMINENT NATURALISTS. EDITED BY JOHN WRIGHT, MEMBER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. A NEW EDITION, WITH IMPROVEMENTS FROM GEOFFREY, GRIFFITH, RICHARDSON, LEWIS AND CLARK, LONG, WILSON, AND OTHERS. 774577,33 (5) HARVARD ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year 1831, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. CONTENTS OF VOL. III. 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 Rapa- cious Birds-The Golden Eagle-Different Species of Eagles -The Osprey, &c.-The Condor-The Vulture-The differ- ent Species of Vultures-The King Vulture, the Secretary, &c.-The Falcon-Description of the Art of Falconry--Spe- cies of Falcons and other Hawks-The Kite--The Buzzard- |
