STRIGKS. 229 



Suborder III. PANDIONES. 



Genus PANDION. 

 Saviguy, Syst. Ois. de I'Egypte, pp. 9, 35 (1810). 



Pandion haliaetus. 



Falco haliaetus, Liunoeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 12U (17CG). 

 randion haliaetus (L.), Sharpc, Cat. B. lirit. Miis. i. p. 449 

 (1874). 



The Osprey. 



Hall. All parts of the world. 



1045. Articulated skeleton : mounted. 0. C. 1622. 



Presented hi) Robert Keate, Esq. 



1046. Sternum, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. N. 



America. S. S. 1271. 



Presented hjj the Smitltsoman Instdutiun. 



1047. Foot. Old Collection. 



Suborder IV. STRIGES*. 



\_Gf. Seebohm, Classif. B. p. 17 ; and Lydckkor, Cat. Fossil 

 Birds, p. 12.] 



A. Palate desmognathous. 



B. Basipterjgoid processes present. 



C. Flexor longus hallucis leading to hallux ; jlexor perforans 



digitornm to second, third, and fourth digits. 



D. Spinal feather-tract well defined on the neck, 



E. Outer toe reversible. 



* Cy. Huxley, P. Z. S. 1S07, p. 4(32 ; Shufeldt, "Notes ou tlio Anatomy 

 oi S/jeottjto cunicularia hypoyaa,^^ Journ. Morpli. iii. pp. llo-12o, pi. 7, also 

 Bull. U. S. Geul. Surv. vi. p. 87; Sharpe, liuviow Classif. 15. p. 79 (1891). 



