FISH-HAWK, OR OSPREY. 



(Falco haUatus. Linn. Audubon, pi. 81, [excellent.] Wilson, v. 

 p. 13, pi. 5. fig. 1. Philadelphia Museum, No. 144.) 



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 the 

 Eagles, is found near fresh and salt water in almost 

 every country in the world. In summer it wanders into 

 the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and America ; it is 

 also found equally prevalent in the milder parts of both 

 continents, as in Greece and Egypt. In America it 

 is found in the summer from Labrador, and the in- 



