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drooping far beyond tail; neck closely feathered. The plumes have stiff elastic shafts, thus 

 keeping their shape, though the barbs are soft and lack barbules ; those of the corresponding 

 European bird, H. alba, are said to be known by the name of " ospreys," perhaps from their 

 spray-like character. Plumage entirely white at all seasons. Bill, lores, and eyes yellow: legs 

 and feet black. Length 36.00-4200 (not including dorsal train, which when fully developed 



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PlO. C13. - European Great White Kgrtl, llciuduis tilin, i luit. size. (From Brfliin.) 



extends lO.OiJ- 1 2.00 or more beyond tail); extent 5o.00 ; wing 10.00-17 00; tail 5.50-0.50: bill 

 4.50-5.00; tarsus about 0.00; tibitu bare 3.50. 9 averaging smaller than $. Younc : White 

 like adults, but uc lengthened i)lumes; bill in i)art black. Most birds at any age have some 

 black on the bill, usually near tlie tip; and tiie lores may be tinged with gn-fiiish. U. S., 

 southerly, and mucii of West Indies, Central and South America; straggling N. to Nova 

 Scotia, Minnesota, Manitoba, Oregon, etc.; on Pacific coast from Oregon to Patagonia; 

 resident in the South. Like the next, the victim of the plume-hunter wiio in tlic interest of tlie 

 "gentle" sex has dcpopidated its rookeries. Breeds like other Ilenuis; eggs 3-5. 2.20 X l->«>- 



