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CITIZEN BIRD 



and broAvn-barred tail, avIio flew over the bay and 

 dived into the water. 



" It's the Fisherman Bird," said Olaf . " Some call 

 it the Fish Hawk and others the Osprey. They say 

 it lives all over North America, but it goes far south 

 in winter, and when it comes back in spring we know 



the tish are running again ; 

 for it lives on the fish 



^^ __ __^ ^^ catches, and 



^■. ^SS^^^^S^^^^^^^^^- won't come un- 



til they are 

 plenty." 



OSPRKY. 



"How docs it calcli fisli ? " asked Dodo. 



" It hovers overhead until it sees, with its sharp eye, 

 a fish ripple the Avater ; tlien it pounces doAvn like a 

 flash, and grabs the fisli Avitli its long chiAvs, that are 

 made like grappling-irons. H the fish is small the 

 Osprey carries it home easily; but if it is a big one 

 there maybe a fight. Sometimes, if the Osprey's claAvs 



