Society for the Protection of Birds. 
EDUCATIONAL SERIES. Edited by H. E. DRESSER, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 
No. 6.—OSPREY. 
By J. A. HARVIE-BROWN, BoRGS: Beye BeZ,.S: 
OSPREY. 
I, Name—_OSPREY..”* 
Family—Falconide. 
Genus—Pandion. P. haliztus. 
The Osprey. 
II. General Description and Proportions. 
Adult, male: Head white, striped with dark brown ; ear-coverts and a stripe to the hind 
neck blackish-brown ; upper parts dark brown witha purplish gloss; under parts white, the 
breast marked with brown ; legs and cere lead blue, iris, yellow. Total length about 23 in., 
* Norr.—Not to be confounded with the Osprey plumes of commerce, so often alluded to by this Society 
in other leaflets. 
Illustration, by kind permission of Messrs. Gurney & Jackson, from ‘“ Manual of British Birds,” by 
Mr. Howard Saunders, 
