RAPTORES ACCIPITEES PANDIONID^. 



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a better look at me, he swept in near enough to receive two charges of 

 No. 8 ; whereupon, not relishing the warmth of his reception, he dropped 

 his legs down in a most feeling manner and departed. The range was 

 long for No. 8, but close enough to certify my identification of the bird 

 (and doubtless his of me)." [525] 



161. (11.) Aquila chrysaetus (Linn.) Cuv. Golden Eagle. 



Apparently not rare, for an Eagle, individuals being observed or taken 

 nearly every winter. Two specimens from this locality are preserved 

 in the Smithsonian. . [532] 



162. (12.) Haliaetus leucocephalus (Zwm.) Savig. Bald Eagle; White-headed 



Eagle. 



Resident, and not rare. It is frequently observed sailing over the 



Fig. 73.— Bald Eagle. 



river, or perched upon some stub or snag on the flats. We have not 

 seldom seen it soaring over the city — the last time in May, 1882. [534] 



Family PANDIONID^E : Fish Hawks. 



163. (13.) Pandion haliaetus (Linn.) Savig. Fish Hawk ; Osprey. 



Common ; migratory. We do not know of any nests within the Dis- 

 trict, but have seen them lower down the river; the species properly 

 belongs to the category of summer residents. It is often seen sailing 

 over the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, or perched upon the branches 

 of dead trees overhanging their banks. Its migrations correspond to 

 some extent with those of the fish upon which it feeds, and it conse- 

 quently appears in spriug about the time the fishing season begins. 



[530J 



