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coppery tint; throat fore neck, breast and belly, light brownish-yellow— 
each feather with a central blackish-brown streak; wing coverts light gray- 
ish-brown, those next the body becoming darker; primary quills dark- 
brown, deeper on their inner webs; secondaries lighter, and on their outer 
webs of nearly the same light tint as their coverts; tail uniform dark 
brown. Length three feet seven inches; extent of wings ten feet two 
inches; bill three and a quarter inches along the back; along the gap, 
which commences directly under the eye, to the tip of the lower mandible, 
three and one-third and one and three-quarters deep. Length of wing 
when folded, thirty-two inches; length of tail fifteen inches; tarsus four 
and a half inches; middle, four and three-quarter inches; hind claw two 
and a half inches.” 
Whether this is really distinct, or the young of an otherwise undescribed 
species, it is hard to say. Cassin, in his ‘‘Synopsis,” favors the latter con- 
clusion. Some have supposed it to be the young of the HZ. pelagicus, 
while others have thought it was only a very large specimen of the young 
leucocephalus. But is it not highly probable that there are some undiscoy- 
ered species belonging to this family that inhabit the higher latitudes of 
British America, and may we not be occasionally favored with a visit from 
some of these birds ? 
GENUS PANDION—Savigny—OSsPREYS. 
Bill short, curved from the base, hooked, compressed; wings very long; 
tarsi short, very thick and strong, and covered with small circular scales; 
claws large, curved, very sharp; tail moderate. 
1. PANDION CAROLINENSIS— Gmelin—TuHE FIsH-HAWKE. 
Wilson’s Am. Orn., V., pl. 87; Audubon’s Birds of Am., oct. ed., L, 
pl. 15; De Kay, Nat. Hist. N. Y., Birds, pl. 8, fig. 15. 
The Fish-Hawk is widely distributed over the whole country, and at 
one time was quite plentiful in Ohio. When Dr. Kirtland resided at Po- 
land, Mahoning county, these birds built their nests in the vicinity of the 
village, and could be seen every day during the summer season. Now 
they are rare. A few pairs are generally to be found fishing in Sandusky 
Bay; but they are somewhat shy, and it is difficult to get a shot at them. 
Occasionally a specimen will make its appearance near the shore of the 
lake, in the vicinity of Cleveland. The last we saw there was about ten 
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