. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ^. ] Wilson, v. o. 144.) 1 and feet grey- tted with pale erminated with Hied to the 3r in almost wanders into lerica; it is larts of both I America it and the in- FISH-HAWK OR OSPHEY. 79 terior .-ound Hudson's Bay, to Florida ; and, according to Buffoi it extends its residence to the tropical regions of Cayenne. Its food being almost uniformly fish, it readily acquires subsistence as long as the waters remain unfrozen; but at the commencement of cool weatiier, even as early as the close of September,
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. ^. ] Wilson, v. o. 144.) 1 and feet grey- tted with pale erminated with Hied to the 3r in almost wanders into lerica; it is larts of both I America it and the in- FISH-HAWK OR OSPHEY. 79 terior .-ound Hudson's Bay, to Florida ; and, according to Buffoi it extends its residence to the tropical regions of Cayenne. Its food being almost uniformly fish, it readily acquires subsistence as long as the waters remain unfrozen; but at the commencement of cool weatiier, even as early as the close of September, or at farthest the middle of Octo- ber, they leave New York and New Jersey, and migrate furtJior south. This early period of departure , in all probability, like thoir arrival towards the close of March, wholly regulated by the coming and going of the slioals of fish on wJiich they are accustomed to feed.* Their arrival in tlic spring is welcomed by the fisherman, as the sure indication of the approach of those shoals' of shad, herring, and other kinds of fish which now begin to throng the bays, inlets, and rivers near the ocea°n ; and the abundance with which the waters teem affords ample sustenance for both tlu; af^rial and terrestrial fishers, as each pursues in peace hi^ favorite and neces- sary employment. In short the harmless industry of the Osprey, the familiarity wi^ « ,, â¢lirf, he rears his young around tiie farm, his unexpect .1 neutrality towards all the domestic animals near him, his sublimely picturesque flight, and remarkable employment, with the stroma; â x'. fection displayed towards his constant mate ;.nd long helpless young, and the wrongs he hourly su i< rb «"rom the pirate Eagle, are circumstances sufficiently a)t u- lated, without the aid of ready superstitiv^n, to ensu e ihr- public favor and tolerance towards this welcome visitor. Driven to no harsh necessities, like his superiors, the Eagles, he leads a comparatively harmless lif
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