# The Ornithology of Shakespeare Critically examined, explained and illustrated

Author: Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928

Genre: Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41860

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Ornithology+of+Shakespeare+Critically+examined%2C+explained+and+illustrated+Harting&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

An “Eagle Eye.”--Power of Flight.--A good Omen.--“The Bird of Jove.”--The Roman Eagle.--The “Ensign” of the Eagle.--Habits and Attitudes.--Eagles’ Eggs.--Longevity of the Eagle: its Age computed.--The Eagle trained for Hawking.--The Vulture: its Repulsive Habits.--The Osprey: its Power over Fish.--The Kite.-- The Kite’s Nest.--The Buzzard. 23

## Chapters

- [Act ii. Sc. 1).](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/29/index.md)
- [Act iii. Sc. 1); in _Cymbeline_ (Act iii. Sc. 6); and in _Richard II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Act iv. Sc. 1.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Act iv. Sc. 1:--](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Act ii. Sc. 2; and again in _Julius Cæsar_, Act iii. Sc. 1:--](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/73/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Act iii. Sc. 1.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/31/index.md)
- [Act i. Sc. 4; and _Merchant of Venice_, Act v. Sc. 1.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/30/index.md)
- [Act ii. Sc. 2, and elsewhere; and “the tragic tale of Philomel” is](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Act v. Sc. 2.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Act II. Sc. 3--Kites 107](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/72/index.md)
- [Act iii. Intro.); “the quarrelous Weasel” (_Cymbeline_, Act iii. Sc. 4,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Act iv. Sc. 3.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Act iii. Sc. 2).](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Act iv. Sc. 6). The Blow-fly (_Love’s Labour’s Lost_, Act v. Sc. 2;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Act iv. Sc. 3.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/33/index.md)
- [Act ii. Sc. 1.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Act iv. Sc. 1.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Act ii. Sc. 4.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 2--Swan 114, 206](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/64/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 2--[Hawk] 72](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Cock 167](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/42/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Cygnet’s down 206](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/69/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Doves of Venus 190](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/58/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 2--Sparrow 147](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/54/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 2--Eagle 28, 45](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/41/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 3--Popinjay 273](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/43/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 3--Coystril 74](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/70/index.md)
- [Act I. „ 2--Woodcock 229](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/65/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Eagle 38](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/48/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 4--Hedge-Sparrow 147](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/52/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 2--Pigeons 180, 185](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/39/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Cock and pye 171](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/57/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Cormorant 260](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/40/index.md)
- [Act II. Sc. 2--Swallows 277](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/68/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 2--Halcyon days 275](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/46/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Cormorant 260](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/53/index.md)
- [Act II. Sc. 2--Eagle 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/38/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 2--Eagle 32](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/45/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Parrot-teacher 272, 273](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/59/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Daws 120](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/60/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 2--Throstle 137](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/56/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--[Eagle] 23, 45](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/63/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 2--Raven’s feather 107](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/66/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Sparrow 145](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/51/index.md)
- [Part III. Act i. Sc. 4.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--[Hawking-eye] 55](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/37/index.md)
- [Act III. Sc. 1--Seel 70](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/44/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Pitch 51](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/62/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 3--Bird of night 89](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/50/index.md)
- [Act III. Introd.--[Duck] 222-224, 237](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/61/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 4--Lapwing 221](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/55/index.md)
- [Act I. Sc. 1--Eagle 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/67/index.md)
- [Book I. Canto XI. 18), and “swoop” (_Macbeth_, “at one fell swoop”),](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Act II. Sc. 1--Robin-Redbreast 142](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/71/index.md)
- [Act II. Sc. 3--[Lark] 136](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ornithology-of-shakespeare-critically-examined-explained-an-69f4d571/chapters/49/index.md)