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More generally diffused than the last species. Most plentiful in Scot- 

 land, Ireland, and in the Orkney and Shetland Isles, but is occasionally 

 met with, particularly in the immature state, in various parts of Eng- 

 land. Feeds principally on fish, but attacks also birds and quadrupeds. 

 Breeds generally on the most inaccessible cliffs, and lays two eggs. 

 Obs. The Sea Eagle (F. Ossifragus, Linn.) is the young of this species. 



(3. PANDION, Sav.) 



4. A. Haliceetus, Meyer. (Osprey.) Wings longer 

 than the tail. 



Falco Haliaetus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 47. Osprey, Mont. 

 Orn. Diet, and Supp. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 24. pi. 4. Bew. Brit. 

 Birds, vol. i. p. 13. 



DIMENS. Entire length one foot eleven inches: breadth five feet 

 four inches. FLEM. 



DE SCRIPT. (Adult.) Crown of the head and nape of the neck deep 

 brown, the feathers, which are long and narrow, edged with white: a 

 streak of blackish brown on each side of the neck, proceeding from the 

 posterior angle of the eye, and reaching almost to the shoulders : upper 

 parts in general deep umber-brown : under parts white, with some faint 

 indications of a darker patch on the breast: tail-feathers transversely 

 barred with white on their inner webs, the two middle ones excepted, 

 which are wholly brown: bill blackish: irides yellow: cere and feet 

 grayish blue. (Young.) Chiefly characterized by having the under 

 parts more or less mottled; a large patch especially of tawny yellow 

 on the breast, spotted with brown: feathers on the upper parts edged 

 with reddish yellow. (Egg.) Reddish white ; the larger end blotched 

 with dark red brown, the smaller end spotted with the same colour: 

 long. diam. two inches four lines; trans, diam. one inch ten lines. 



Not a common species. Met with in Scotland, and in the West of 

 England. Has occurred also in Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and 

 Suffolk. Resides chiefly in the neighbourhood of large pieces of water, 

 preying on fish. Builds on trees and rocks, and lays from three to four 



3. FALCO, Linn, . 



5. F. Islandicus, Lath. (Jer-Falcon.) Plumage white, 

 with dusky lines and spots. 



F. Islandicus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. i. p. 17. Jer-Falcon, Mont. 

 Orn. Diet, and Supp. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 36. pi. 14. Bew. Brit. 

 Birds, vol. i. p. 15. 



DIMENS. Entire length (male) one foot ten inches, (female) two 

 feet. TEMM. 



DESCRIPT. (Old male.) Ground of the plumage white : upper parts 

 marked with narrow streaks of brown ; under parts with spots of the 

 same colour, which become larger and more numerous on the sides : bill 

 yellowish : cere and orbits livid yellow : irides brown : feet bright yellow. 

 (Old female, and immature male.) Spots on the under parts more nu- 

 merous ; confluent on the sides, forming transverse bars : the markings 

 above more extended, and occupying a larger portion of the entire 

 plumage. (Young of the year.) Upper parts of a uniform brownish 



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