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more certain aim, descends like a whirlwind, snatches it 

 in his grasp ere it reaches the water, and bears his ill- 

 gotten booty silently away to the woods." 



The nest of the Osj^rey is usually built on the top of 

 a decayed tree. It is com])osed entirely of sticks from 

 half an inch to an inch and a half in diameter, and two 

 or three feet in length, piled to the height of four or five 

 feet. These are intermixed with straw, sea-weed, and 

 pieces of turf heaped together in large quantities, and 

 lined with dry sea-grass. These materials are so well 

 put together as often to adhere in large fragments, after 

 beincr blown down by the w^ind. 



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