. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. S5. THE OSPREY. BALD BUZZARD, SEA EAGLE, OR FISHING HAWK.(Falco Haliafus, Lin.—Le BalhuzzarJ, Buff.) The length of this bird is two feet; its breadth, fromtip to tip, above five : its bill is black, with a blue cere,and its eye yellow : the crown of its head is white, mark-ed with oblong dusky spots ; its cheeks, and all the un-der parts of its body, are white, slightly spotted withbrown on its breast; from the corner of each eye a streakof brown extends down the sides of the neck towardsthe wing j the upper part of t
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . BRITISH BIRDS. S5. THE OSPREY. BALD BUZZARD, SEA EAGLE, OR FISHING HAWK.(Falco Haliafus, Lin.—Le BalhuzzarJ, Buff.) The length of this bird is two feet; its breadth, fromtip to tip, above five : its bill is black, with a blue cere,and its eye yellow : the crown of its head is white, mark-ed with oblong dusky spots ; its cheeks, and all the un-der parts of its body, are white, slightly spotted withbrown on its breast; from the corner of each eye a streakof brown extends down the sides of the neck towardsthe wing j the upper part of the body is brown -, the two 5S BRITISH BIRDS. middle feathers of the tail are the same ; the others aremarked on the inner webs with alternate bars of brownand white : the legs are very short and thick, being only,two inches and a quarter long, and two inches in circum-ference; they are of a pale blue colour ; the clawsblack : the outer toe is larger than the inner one, andturns easily backward, by which means this bird canmore readily secure its slippery prey. BufFon obser
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