THE HAWK AND EAGLE FAMILY 191 
on the under side, so that nothing can get away 
from them. 
The fish hawk is a social bird and fond of his 
home. Though he migrates, he comes back to 
the old place, year after year. He likes the top 
of a stout tree to build in. It needs to be stout, 
for he makes a very big nest, and adds to it every 
season. It generally kills the tree, if it 1s not 
dead when he begins. If there are no trees to 
be had, or if there are too many birds for the 
trees at hand, some of them will nest on the 
ground, for they like to keep near their friends. 
The nest is made of sticks and all the rubbish 
the birds can collect. Such things are found as 
an old broom, a boy’s sail-boat, a rag doll, and 
others as absurd. 
The young fish hawk is a pretty little fellow 
in white down. He is three or four weeks m 
the egg, and a long time in the nest, and is help- 
less a good deal longer. He is fed on fish like 
his parents. For this bird deserves his name ; he 
is a fisherman, and always takes his food from 
the water. Fortunately he usually selects the 
poorer kinds of fish, which men do not care to 
eat, and so he is not called an enemy by the 
fishermen. 
But the hard-working osprey has an enemy, 
who makes it his business to rob him. The way 
