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GANGETIG HINDOOSTAN. 157
great ftrengrh, and vaft length, comprefTed, and fharp pointed :
the circumference at the bafe of one meafured by Mr. Ives was
fixteen inches; the extent of wings fourteen feet ten incb.es;
tbe length from tip of the bill to that of the claws feven feet
fix inches.. Iris a bird of a filthy afpect, the craw appears red
and naked, paffing over the fhoulders, and returns in front, and
becomes pendulous, and is covered with long hair below the
breaft. It is a moft ufeful bird, clears the country of fnakes,
and noxious reptiles and infedts; many particulars are given of
ks rnanners in the eleventh M.S. volume of the Outlines,
containing Nigritian Africa. In Bengalis finifhes the work
begun by the Jackal and the Vulture; they clear the carcafes
of animals from the flefh; thefe remove the nuifances of the
bones by fwallowing them entire; they are as familiär in Bengal
as in Africa, and undaunted at the fight of mankind. The In-
dians believe them to be invulnerable, for that they are ani-
mated with the fouls of the Brabmins; they are held in great
veneration by both Indians and Africans, Mr. Ives mifTed his
fhot at feveral, which the ftanders-by obferved with great fatis-
fadion, telling him he might fhoot to eternity and never fuc-
ceed.
The Lobaugung Herori, Latbam, v. p. 238, is a large and Heroks.
elegant made fpecies. The bill long, flender, and black, with a
deep notch in the bafe of the upper mandible; head, neck,
lower part of the neck and the primaries black ; the reit of the
plumage white ; legs very long, and red.
The Violet Heron, or Monicbjore, Latbam, vii. p. 236, is com-
mon, and the objecl: of falconry, and is efteemed as good eating.
The
great ftrengrh, and vaft length, comprefTed, and fharp pointed :
the circumference at the bafe of one meafured by Mr. Ives was
fixteen inches; the extent of wings fourteen feet ten incb.es;
tbe length from tip of the bill to that of the claws feven feet
fix inches.. Iris a bird of a filthy afpect, the craw appears red
and naked, paffing over the fhoulders, and returns in front, and
becomes pendulous, and is covered with long hair below the
breaft. It is a moft ufeful bird, clears the country of fnakes,
and noxious reptiles and infedts; many particulars are given of
ks rnanners in the eleventh M.S. volume of the Outlines,
containing Nigritian Africa. In Bengalis finifhes the work
begun by the Jackal and the Vulture; they clear the carcafes
of animals from the flefh; thefe remove the nuifances of the
bones by fwallowing them entire; they are as familiär in Bengal
as in Africa, and undaunted at the fight of mankind. The In-
dians believe them to be invulnerable, for that they are ani-
mated with the fouls of the Brabmins; they are held in great
veneration by both Indians and Africans, Mr. Ives mifTed his
fhot at feveral, which the ftanders-by obferved with great fatis-
fadion, telling him he might fhoot to eternity and never fuc-
ceed.
The Lobaugung Herori, Latbam, v. p. 238, is a large and Heroks.
elegant made fpecies. The bill long, flender, and black, with a
deep notch in the bafe of the upper mandible; head, neck,
lower part of the neck and the primaries black ; the reit of the
plumage white ; legs very long, and red.
The Violet Heron, or Monicbjore, Latbam, vii. p. 236, is com-
mon, and the objecl: of falconry, and is efteemed as good eating.
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