EAGLES 



299 



band of spots on breast, black, fig. 234. 

 Breeds from Hudson Bay to Fla. west to 

 Pacific. Winters from N. C. to northern S. A. 

 South in Oct., north in April. Food, wholly 

 fishes. Flight, strong, direct; wing-beats, 

 slow; often circles over water and drops 

 into it to secure prey which it carries head 



Fis. 234 



Osprey. 1-10. 



forward. Nests in trees, eggs, 3-5, creamy 

 thickly spotted with red -brown. Cries, 

 shrill, whistling screams. 



313. AUDUBON CARACARA. 

 Wings, tail and legs, long; 23; dark- 

 brown above; base of tail, sides of head, 



