The Birds of Prey--Distinctive Characters--The Cere--How the Birds of Prey are Divided--Difference between a Hawk, an Owl, and an Osprey--The Three Sub-orders of the Accipitres--Sub-order FALCONES--Difference between the Vultures of the Old World and the Vultures of the New World--THE OLD WORLD VULTURES--Controversy as to how the Vultures reach their Prey--Waterton on the Faculty of Scent--Mr Andersson’s, Dr. Kirk’s, and Canon Tristram’s Views in Favour of Sight--THE BLACK VULTURE--THE GRIFFON VULTURE--Its Capacity for Feeding while on the Wing--THE EARED VULTURE--One of the Largest of the Birds of Prey--Whence it gets its Name--THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE--A Foul Feeder--THE NEW WORLD VULTURES--THE CONDOR--Its Appearance--Power of Flight--Habits--THE KING VULTURE--THE TURKEY VULTURE--THE CARACARAS--Distinctive Characters--Habits--THE SECRETARY BIRD--How it Attacks Snakes--Habits--Appearance--THE ÇARIAMA 254 CHAPTER IV. THE LONG-LEGGED HAWKS AND BUZZARDS. THE BANDED GYMNOGENE--Habits--Its Movable Tarsi--THE HARRIERS--Distinctive Features--THE MARSH HARRIER--Habits--Its Thievish Propensities--THE HARRIER-HAWKS--Colonel Greyson’s Account of their Habits--THE CHANTING GOSHAWKS--Why so Called--Habits--THE TRUE GOSHAWKS--Distinctive Characters--THE GOSHAWK--Distribution--In Pursuit of its Prey--Appearance--THE SPARROW-HAWKS--Distinctive Characters--THE COMMON SPARROW-HAWK--Habits--Appearance--THE BUZZARDS--Their Tarsus--THE COMMON BUZZARD--Where Found--How it might be turned to Account--Food--Its Migrations--Habits--Appearance--THE HARPY 267 CHAPTER V. EAGLES AND FALCONS. THE EAGLES--THE BEARDED EAGLE, OR LÄMMERGEIER--A Visit to their Nest--Habits--A Little Girl carried off Alive--Habits in Greece--Appearance--Von Tschudi’s and Captain Hutton’s Descriptions of its Attacks--THE TRUE EAGLES--THE WEDGE-TAILED EAGLE--Eye--Crystalline Lens--How Eagles may be Divided--THE IMPERIAL EAGLE--THE GOLDEN EAGLE--In Great Britain--Macgillivray’s Description of its Habits--Appearance--THE KITE EAGLE--Its Peculiar Feet--Its Bird’s-nesting Habits--THE COMMON HARRIER EAGLE--THE INDIAN SERPENT EAGLE--THE BATELEUR EAGLE--THE WHITE-TAILED EAGLE--A Sea Eagle--Story of Capture of some Young--THE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE--On the Wing--THE COMMON KITE--THE EUROPEAN HONEY KITE--Habits--ANDERSSON’S PERN--THE FALCONS--The Bill--THE CUCKOO FALCONS--THE FALCONETS--THE PEREGRINE FALCON--Its Wonderful Distribution--Falconry--Names for Male, Female, and Young--Hawks and Herons--THE GREENLAND JER-FALCON--THE KESTRELS--THE COMMON KESTREL--Its Habits and Disposition 277 CHAPTER VI. THE OSPREYS AND OWLS.