मृगपक्षी-शास्त्र (हंसदेव - १३वीं शती का अमर भारतीय वन्यजीव, पक्षी एवं प्राणि-विज्ञान)

much passionate in spring and summer. Their youth begins in the 2nd
year. Their varieties are described below:—
[Ist variety of GARUDA BIRDS]
(GARUDA-BRAHMANY KITE)
This kind of bird is called Garuda bird. Their necks are purely
whitish and they have curved beaks, huge and broad wings and
strong and firm legs. They fly very high in the sky without waving
their wings sometimes and waving them at other times. They would at
times, kill fish and other smaller ones and eat them. They never feel
tired even if they go afar. They live in cool trees and places crying
plesantly. They would kill cobras and eat them as they'are their dead
foes. When they are impatient, they would kill all the enemy birds
and swallow them.
[2nd variety of GARUDA BIRDS]
(VAINATEYA)
These kinds of Garuda birds are whitish in colour with their
wings- blackish-red. They are said to be the sons of Vinata, daughter
of Devine Being and wife of the great sage Kasyapa. Hence they are
called Vainateyas. They have a littl long tails and long leg. They are
impatient. They will fly in the sky, collectively, crying often. They
are stout.bodied. They can fly very swift in the sky even against the
winds. They can withstand all sorts of difficulties, such as, fatigue,
winds, rain, sun's heat, hunger and thirst, etc,. Their necks are of
pure white. They have the birds' eye view very acurately. They come
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