the space between the beak and the eye is bare, the 

 head and neck ash colour; the body dark brown, 

 breast irregularly marked with white spots ; the tail 

 is white. 



Weight 7lb. 6oz. length 2 feet, 8* inches, breadth 

 6i feet. 



Found in Scotland and the Orkney islands, where 

 it preys upon fish, animals, and aquatic birds. 



5. HALL/ETUS. OSPREY. BALD BUZZARD. 



F. Supra fuscus, subtus albus, capite albido, cera 

 pedibusque c&ruleis. Shaw. 



The bill is black ; the cere blue ; irides yellow ; 

 crown white spotted with dusky ; the back is brown, 

 the breast and belly white, spotted with brown; the 

 two middle tail feathers are brown, the others are 

 marked on the inner webs, with alternate bars of 

 brown and white ; legs short, and thick, and of a 

 pale blue colour. 



Var : a white spot on the wing ; breast spotted 

 with dull yellow. Pennant. 



Weight 4 or 5lb. length 2 feet. 



It feeds on fish. When seizing its prey, it utters a 

 loud scream. 



The female lays three or four eggs, in a nest gene- 

 rally formed of reeds, &c. and placed on the 

 ground. 



