104 HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 



276. GOLDEN EAGLE. 



Dark brown. 



36. Part of head, and neck, golden-brown ; legs, feathered 

 to toes ; in young birds, tail white, with broad black tip. 



Irregularly throughout, but nesting rather northerly, and in moun- 

 tainous regions ; occasionally, in winter only, in Pa and N nes^ 

 huge, on crag, rarely in tree ; eggs. 2-4, white, spotted ' ' ' 



HAWKS (and ALLIES). 



(Nos. 277-281 sJww conspicuous white.) 



277. OSPREY: FISH HAWK. 



Dark brown White. 



24. Head and neck, white, with broad black stripe from 

 eye to neck ; crown, black-streaked ; below, white, slightly 

 brown-tinged, and breast somewhat dark-spotted- tail 

 barred. ' 



Breeds tliroughout ; found on coast, and at large inland waters • 

 nest, bulky, in tree, on rock or ground ; eggs. Maf^-^ colorvaria' 

 ble ; sometimes gregarious ; fish diet. ' ^^ ' ' '^^' 3' "^"^^^ ^^"^- 



278. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: BLACK HAWK. | 



Variegation of brown and white White, brown-marked. 



24. Tail, black-barred, hnX basal half p^ire white ; be- 

 low, white, variously dark-marked, often with wide brown 

 band across abdomen ; legs, feathered to toes. I 



'^^■7ii:tt::^lS:S^^\ marshy p,aces. „es.,o„ .re. or 



