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not so large, but perfectly distinct behind it, and a little anteriorly 

 to the base of the cere. It is the case also in another specimen 

 which I have since examined. 



F. haliaetos. Fish hawk or Osprey. 

 Aquila halicetus of Meyer ! 

 Ti/pe of sub gen. Pandion of Cuvier ! 

 Pandion Carolinensis. Gmelin ! Baird ! 

 v.s.p. Cere and bill bluish black ; claws pale blue ; irides 

 orange and yellow ; eggs 2 to 4 cream yellow, with red blotches ; 

 tarsi strong, about 2 inches long, feathered down their anterior 

 surface, and scutellated on their other parts, the scales being 

 rounded and tiled ; soles and inner surface of the claws shagree- 

 ned; talons curved, tapering, rounded beneath. 



Crown of the head white on each side, with a central streak of 

 black continued to the neck, these feathers occasionally edged 

 with yellow, and erectile; a dark brown stripe includes the orbit 

 and is lost upon the shoulders. Dorsal aspect generally umber 

 brown verging to black ; tail brown and barred with a deeper 

 brown ; the inner vanes of the feathers barred with dusky brown 

 and brownish white ; wing feathers with the outer vanes black, 

 and their inner ones barred similarly to the tail. Ventral aspect 

 generally white, with yellowish delineations on the breast ; ante- 

 rior and lateral femorals streaked with brown; inner and posterior 

 ones white. The female is two inches longer than the male, and 

 is spotted with brown on the breast. The young birda have the 

 feathers on the dorsal aspect tipped with yellowish white, have a 

 fawn coloured spot on the breast, and blue feet. Length of an 

 old male 23 inches ; alar expanse 54 inches. 

 Suh genus Astur. 

 Sub gen. char. Bill strong ; tooth well defined ; nostrils 

 rounded ; middle toe longest, and connected to the adjoining 

 outer one ; 4th primary longest. 



F. palumbarius. Goshawk. 

 F. atricapillus of Wilson ! 

 F. regalis of Tomminck ! 

 Ti/pe of sub genus Astur of Bechstein I 

 Ti/pe of sub genus Dcedelion of Savigny ! 

 F, gallinarius, Young, Gmelin and Frisch ! 

 Astur atricapillusy (Wils.) ! Bonap. ! Baird ! 

 V.S.P. Bill blackish blue, whitish below the cere, with a cor- 

 responding spot on the lower mandible ; cere and legs yellow ; 



