544 THE AMl-.RH'AX OSl'Rl'.N'. 



of experts. lii)\\e\cr, i'^ i i\er\\ hfliniii!;!)- in fa\or uf ihc Si);irro\v Hawk. 

 He performs an iii\ aliialilt- ser\ice to the farmer, and deserves rigid protec- 

 tion e\er\\vliere. 



No. 220. 



amp:rican osprey. 



A. ( ). I . No. _V4- Pandion halisetiis carolineiisis iCinicl.). 



Synonym. — Fish IIawk. 



Description. — Adult male: I'nderparts plain fnscous ; tip of wing blackish: 

 tail crossed 1)\ ^i.\ or eight dnsky hands; head white, heavily hut narrowly streaked 

 with lilackish ; an irregular (lusk\- hand proceeding backward from e\-e : feathers 

 of occiput loDsfly ruftled, or ])rcscnting a crested ajipearance : underprirt-- white. 

 siinietiines rufous-spotted on breast, hut ustiall)- immaculate: lining of wing mot- 

 tled. — white and fuscous near edge, remainder white or huffy, dusky-liarred dis- 

 talh' : hill and claws black; cere and base of hill bluish black; feet bluish grav : 

 iris yellow and red. .Idiilt female: Similar but breast heavily marked with \-el- 

 Iciwish brown or fuscous. Immature: I,il<e adult, hut feathers of ii]i])er|)arts 

 bordered terniinall\ with white or bulTy. The same distinction obtain^ between 

 the sexes as in case of adults. Length 21.00-25.00 (533-4-^35) ; wing 17.00-20.50 

 (431.8-520.7); tail 7.00-10.00 (177.S-254I; culmen 1. 20-1. 40 ( ^0.5-35. fi ). 



Recognition Marks. — Ih'ant size; extensive white contrasting with fuscous, 

 distinctive: labored flight; ri\'er- and lake-haunting way-. 



Nesting. — Nest: an immense mass of sticks. hroad-to])])e(l. liiKil ccntralh- 

 with bark-strips and soft materials; placed on top of trees of various heights, or 

 on isolated rocks of rivers, etc. Hi/f/s: 2-4. dull or huffv white, heavilv s])otted. 

 blotcheil. or overspread with chocolate; rarelv almost or (|uile unmarked. A\'. 

 size. 2.45 x 1.81 (62.2x4^)!. Seasiiu: Mav 1-20 : one lirnod. 



General Range. — Xorth .\merica from Hudson l'.a\- and Alaska south to 

 the \\'est Indies and northern ."^nutb America. Ilreeds thruout its Xorth Ameri- 

 can range. 



Range in Washington. — Summer resident east and west of the Cascade^ 

 along major streams and near suitable bodies of water. ( )ne winter record, 

 American Lake. January 26, 1907. 



Authorities. — | Lewis and Clark, Hist. Ex. (1814) Ed. Diddle: Cones. \'ol, 

 II. p. i8c). I I'auduni eaniliuensis. Cmelin. Baird, Rep, Pac. R, R, Surv. IX. 1858. 

 pp. 44. 45. 'P. C.\:S. L'. Rh. D'. Sr. Ra. Kk. I. P.. E. 



Specimens. — (P. id' W. 1 P. l'ro\-. P.. PX. 



W'HETHEIv or not fish is proper hi^aiii f<:)o(l deiiends. as some one has 

 wittily remarked, "more u|)on the brain than it does upon the fish." An 

 exclusive diet of hsh has not made the Eisli Hawks either brainy i>v doughty. 

 We need not lie tronliled on the latter score tho, for in a f;unily where prowess 



