. Wilson's American ornithology [microform] : with additions including the birds described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, & Richardson. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 334 FISH HAWK, OR OSPREY. when we consido r the aeeming intrmperato habits of thu bird Some- times fasting, through noceesit- for several days, and at other timcH fforein ' itself with animal fooil all it craw swells out the phimav.* 47. -Balbusnrdus hali«>, Flcm. Br. Avim 5 '^'^'fy'.^''^'"^fj.]^': Selbii, must. Br. Orvith. i. p. 12. pi. (sub-gen. Pandion,) lioniv. Sm«7M>'^>-
. Wilson's American ornithology [microform] : with additions including the birds described by Audubon, Bonaparte, Nuttall, & Richardson. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. 334 FISH HAWK, OR OSPREY. when we consido r the aeeming intrmperato habits of thu bird Some- times fasting, through noceesit- for several days, and at other timcH fforein ' itself with animal fooil all it craw swells out the phimav.* 47. -Balbusnrdus hali«>, Flcm. Br. Avim 5 '^'^'fy'.^''^'"^fj.]^': Selbii, must. Br. Orvith. i. p. 12. pi. (sub-gen. Pandion,) lioniv. Sm«7M>'^>--'l'l'o Fish Ofprrv. .W. ,.. 81,.nale; Oru Biog. i. 4'l.'i.— Nii'iila (Pavilion) !iali»ta, ^orlll. /mi renders every assistance. The body .s very s'["ng"y '" I; but^s rather of a narrow and elongated shape; the head is less than ihe orduarj proportfona .iimcnsious; and the ^^1n^s arc expansive, powerful and sbarp-pomted ¥11!- manner of seizing thoiv prev is by soaring above the surface of the sea, or lake, and, when in .igfi ot a ( the wings, and da''/';-^/; 1™; J-V J^ wei<rht of the body, which, in the <lescenl, may be perceived to be directed bv tic mot'ion of the tail. purpose, those parts which we have mentioned are finely ?S and for he lemaiiHler of the operation, the legs and feel arc no bean- s' The thighs, instead of being clotiled with finely lengthened piumesTsIr^ n ost of the other'Falcons, and which, when wet, would prove a grea enZnbrance, are with a thick downy plumage; the tars. arc_ short and very trong; he toes have the same advantages ; and underneath, at the junction ot each oint have a large protuberance, covered, as are the other paHs of the .sole. Nv^lh a 1 ck an.! stron"' array of hard jagged scales, which are sufficient bv the ofglms ...,"'vent aTiy escilpe of theirili^ery prey when it .s once C-rH-^J"- ;;i' the claws are also verv strong, and hooked, and
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