102 BRITISH AMD EUROPEAN BIRDS. 



That his people, the Birds, on a day named should 



meet, 

 And that He would himself there be proud them to 



greet. 



Lamond's Bairv,"\n related in Blackwood's Magazine^ for October, 

 1826, in a Review of Selby's ornithology. 



The following lines, tlie production of Percival, an Ame- 

 rican poet, are the commencement of an Address to the Eagle, 

 which appears in the American Souvenir, a Christmas Present, or 

 New Year's Offering, for 1827, published at New York. This 

 poem is one of those racy originals which at once delight arfd 

 surprise ns : it is a fine specimen of the talent and genius of our 

 kindred of the west : 



" Bird of the broad and sweeping wing, 



Thy home is high in heaven. 



Where wide the storms iheir banners fling, 



And the tempests clouds are driven. 



Thy throne is on the mountain top, 



Tliy fields the boundless air ; 



And hoary peaks that proudly prop 



The skies, thy dwellings are." 



The Ossifragus, Sea-Eagle or Osprey, inhabits Europe and 

 North America; and is found occasionally in various parts of 

 Great Britain and Ireland. It is as large as the Golden Eagle. 

 The whole body is dark brown, intermixed with rust colour ; 

 cere and legs yellow ; tail feathers white on the inner side. 

 Builds in inaccessible rocks or on lofty trees. Its food princi- 

 pally fish ; but it feeds also on other animals. Two Eagles of 

 this species were taken from a nest in Ireland and kept 

 together for more than two years ; in the third year one of 

 them killed the other and devoured it, most probably from not 

 being supplied with sufficient food; for they lived together 

 before in perfect harmony. — Montagu. Although this bird will 



