,^5 O S P R E Y. Class II. 



the others barred alternately on their inner webs 

 with brown and white : on the joint of the wing 

 next the body was a fpot of white : the quil fea- 

 thers of the wings were black •, the fecondary fea- 

 thers and the coverts dufky, the former having their 

 interior webs varied with brown and white. The 

 Head, inner coverts white fpotted with brown. The head 

 fmall and flat, the crown white marked with oblong 

 dufky fpots. The cheeks, chin, belly and breaft 

 white, the lad fpotted with a dull yellow : from 

 the corner of each eye is a bar of brown that ex- 

 tends along the fides of the neck pointing towards 

 Legs, the wing. The legs very fhort, thick and ftrong : 

 their length being only two inches and a quarter; 

 their circumference two inches : their color a pale 

 blue : the outward toe turns eafily backwards, and 

 what merits attention, the claw belonging to it is 

 larger than that of the inner toe •, in which it dif- 

 fers from all other birds of prey ; but feems pecu- 

 liarly necefiary to this kind, for better fecuring its 

 flippery prey : the roughnefs of the foles of the 

 feet contributes to the fame end. The difference 

 in weight, and other trifling particulars, makes us 

 imagine that the bird Mr. Willughhy faw was a 

 male ; as the females of all the hawk kind, are 

 larger, ftronger, and fiercer than the males ; the 

 defence of their young, and the providing them 

 food, refting chiefly on them. 



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