EAGLES AND HAWKS. 



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Genus III. PANDION. OSPREY. 



Bill much shorter than the head, deep, but broader 

 than in the Eagle, its upper outline sloping a little to 

 the edge of the cere, then curved in the third of a circle, 

 the edge with a slight festoon ; nostrils oblong, slightly 

 curved, oblique ; tarsi very short and thick, covered all 

 round with imbricated scales ; those on the sides and 

 lower part of the very strong toes conical. Claws very 

 large, rounded beneath. P. 109. 



HEAD OP PANDION HALIAETUS. 



1. P. Haliaetns. Osprey. — Brown above, white beneath. 

 Of the young, the feathers of the back tipped with white. 

 P. 118. * 



