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 very fat, it wales in roating, and eats dry and inipid; for which reaon, they are chiefly ued to make oup of, which is accounted very nutritive.

The hawks are of two kinds, the one of the larget fize of thoe pecies, the other that of the mall fort in England. They are both very ferocious, commit great depredations among the other birds in the woods, and on the plantations often detroy fowls and houe pigeons.

The diablotin, o called by the French, from its uncommonly ugly appearance, is nearly the ize of a duck, and is web-footed. It has a big round head, crooked bill like a hawk, and large full eyes like an owl. Its head, part of the neck, chief feathers of the wings and tail, are black; the other parts of its body are covered with a milk-white fine down; and its whole appearance is