. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . osprey, both male and female, i«much smaller than the sea eagle; the tarsi of the osprey are scaly andnaked, while those of the sea eagle are feathered part of the way; tlieosprey may be trained to catch fish for its keeper, but the sea eagle will notserve a master. Falco haliatus, J jn. AVES—EAGLE. 439 This eagle is common in Europe, and is probably ihe same with the indi-vidual known in the United States, by the name of the AMERICAN FISH-HAWK. We shall therefo
. The naturalist's library : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . osprey, both male and female, i«much smaller than the sea eagle; the tarsi of the osprey are scaly andnaked, while those of the sea eagle are feathered part of the way; tlieosprey may be trained to catch fish for its keeper, but the sea eagle will notserve a master. Falco haliatus, J jn. AVES—EAGLE. 439 This eagle is common in Europe, and is probably ihe same with the indi-vidual known in the United States, by the name of the AMERICAN FISH-HAWK. We shall therefore introduce in this place, the description which our nativ-ralists have given of the latter bird. This is a formidable, vigorous winged, and well known bird, which sub-sists altogether on the finny tribes that SAvarm in our bays, creeks, andrivers; procuring his prey by his own skill and industry. It is doubtlessthe most numerous of all its genus within the United States. It penetratesfar into the interior of the country, up our large rivers, and their head may be said to line the seacoast from Georgia to The first appearance of the fish-hawk in spring is welcomed by the fisher-men, as the happy signal of the approach of those vast shoals of herring,shad, &c., that enter our rivers in such prodigious multitudes. They seeit active and industrious like themselves ; inoffensive to the productions oftheir farms; building with confidence, and without the least disposition toconcealment, in the middle of their fields, and along their fences; andreturning regularly year after year to their former abode. Their nests arebuilt of large sticks, corn-stalks, sea-weed, pieces of wet turf, and mullenstalks, lined with dry grass ; the whole forming a mass very observable athalf a miles distance, and large enough to fill a cart, and form no incon-siderable a load for a horse. These materials are all put strongly the time the female is sitting, the male fr
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