much more than it could ever have coft. I t was pro-
pofed a few years ago to remove this ftatue to fome
more confpicuous place, but it is faid to1 have been objected
to, by the then prime minifter Marquis de Grimaldi,
alledging that they mult not pay any attention t©
the houfe of Auftria, but he would have no objection if
the head of Philip could be changed, for that of Charles
the third.
Tacca alfo finifhed the equeftrian ftatue of Philip the
third in the Cafa del Campo, left imperfeCt by John de
Bologna, at his death, and was brought to Madrid in
1616, by Antonio Guidi, brother in law to Tacca, at-
tended by Andrew Tacca,- another brother o f the fculp-
tor, who brought with him the gilt metal crucifix fixed
■on the altar of the Pantheon at the Efcurial. The mention
o f the Retiro has naturally led me; into the agreeable
gardens o f that palace, and to the menagerie, where,
amongft other curiofities, they have a crefted falcon from
th e Garraccas. This curious bird, which is about the
iize o f a turkey, raifes his feathers on his head in the
form of a creft, and has a hooked b i ll; the lower mandible
rather ftraigbt; his back, wings, and throat are*
black, the belly white, the tail diftinguiihed by four cinereous,
and parallel ftripes, and is an undefcript bird
not taken notice of by Linneus.
he C R E S T E D F A L C O N F rom th e C R R R A . C CR. S ,
v//r r .f.-// /pp-fC wi tile Men a o; eric ro'// /¿/ , i/rts/lt*/.