. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ther long, a little round-ed, of twelve broad feathers. The genus Pandion appears to have a considerable affinityto Haliaetus, with which it seems to be connected by a groupof which Falco Ichthyaetus of Dr Horsfield is the species bestknown. The more remarkable peculiarities in the structure ofthe Osprey, the only species which I have examined
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relations; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . ther long, a little round-ed, of twelve broad feathers. The genus Pandion appears to have a considerable affinityto Haliaetus, with which it seems to be connected by a groupof which Falco Ichthyaetus of Dr Horsfield is the species bestknown. The more remarkable peculiarities in the structure ofthe Osprey, the only species which I have examined internallyas well as externally, are : the extreme elongation of the in-testine, which toward its lower extremity is not larger then aravens quill; the inferior convexity of the claws ; the wantof a tuft of long feathers on the outer side of the tibia ; theconical pointed form of the scales on the lower surface andsides of the toes, and the great length of the wings. The flightof this bird is light and buoyant, as well as strong, and ac-cordingly the ridge of the sternum is very elevated, althoughthe body is not large in proportion to the other parts. 239 PANDION HALIAETUS. THE FISHING OSPREY. FISHING EAGLE. FISH HAWK. BALD BUZZARD. Falco Haliaiitus. Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 129. Falco Haliaetus. Lath. Ind. Oin. I. 17. Ospiey. Mont. Orn. Diet. Aigle Balbusard. Falco Halisetus. Temm. Man. dOrn. L 47 ; IL 25. Osprey. Pandion Haliaetus. Selb. Illustr. I. 24. Aqiiila Haliseetus. Osprey. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 81. Adult toith the hill hliiish-hlack, the cere light blue, the feet palegreyish-blue; the plumage abote deep umber-brown, the upperpart of the head and neck white, the middle of the crown darkbrown ; a broad band of dark broini on the cheeks and neck;the loicer parts ichite, the neck streaked icith brown. Young with the feathers of the tipper parts deep brown, ter-minally margined with reddish-white. Male.—The Osprey, which is distinguished from all theBrit
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