. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . t long, with the stretch ofthe wings about 7 feet. The male 2 or 3 inches shorter. — In thefirst year, the white of the head and neck is blended with greyish-brown. These parts are variegated with the two colors in thesecond year. The young of the first year are distinguished with difficulty fromthe young of the White-tailed Eagle ; their plumage is however lessregularly varied with brown colors, and the tail is always somewhatlonger. PANDION. (Savig.) OSPREY. Bill rounded above, and with the cere hispid; nostr
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . t long, with the stretch ofthe wings about 7 feet. The male 2 or 3 inches shorter. — In thefirst year, the white of the head and neck is blended with greyish-brown. These parts are variegated with the two colors in thesecond year. The young of the first year are distinguished with difficulty fromthe young of the White-tailed Eagle ; their plumage is however lessregularly varied with brown colors, and the tail is always somewhatlonger. PANDION. (Savig.) OSPREY. Bill rounded above, and with the cere hispid; nostrilsobliquely curved ; membranaceous on the upper naked, reticulated, rough; toes divided to the base,the outer versatile; nails equal and rounded long; 1st primary equal with the 3d; the 2dlongest. Of a cowardly disposition, and living on fish, they inhabitnear waters, retiring from them, when frozen, to warmerclimates. They seize their prey in their talons near thesurface of the water, or plunge for it as occasion requires;they very rarely hunt FISH-HAWK, or OSPREY. (Pandion Haliatus, Bonap. Falco haliatus. Linn. Audubon, pi. , v. p. 13, pi. fig. 1. Pandion carolincnsis, Bonap. p. carolincnsis, Gmelin.) Spec. Charact.— Dark brown, beneath white; cere and feet grey-ish-blue.— Female with the breast thinly spotted with pale brown.— Young, nearly all the feathers above terminated with yellowish-white tips. This large and well known species, allied to theEagles, is found near fresh and salt water in almostevery country in the world. In summer it wanders intothe arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and America; it isalso equally prevalent in the milder parts of both con- FISH-HAWK OR OSPREY. 81 tinents, as in Greece and Egypt. In America it is foundin the summer from Labrador, and the interior aroundHudsons Bay, to Florida; and, according to Buffon, itextends its residence to the tropical regions of food being almost
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