6 NEW-YORK FAUNA — BIRDS. 



approach them on horseback, and after killing many outright, dispatch the remaining 

 wounded ones with clubs. Its nest has been noticed in the neighborhood of New- York. It 

 is accidental in the northern parts of Europe. In this country, it ranges from Mexico to the 

 6 2d parallel of latitude. 



(EXTRALIMITAt.) 



H. tcashingtoni. (Add. B. of A. 8vo. VoL 1, p. 53, pi. 13.) Blackish brown, with a metallic tint. 

 Throat, breast and belly brownish yellow; each feather streaked with brown. Length, 42; alar 

 extent, 122. Western States. 



GENUS PANDION. Savigny. 



Upper ridge of the bill straight towards the base, with a slight lobe on its cutting edge. Tarsus 

 short, naked, covered with hexagonal scales. Feathers above short and narrow. 



THE AMERICAN FISH HAWK. 



PandioU carolinensis. 



plate viii. fig. 18. 



(STATE COLLECTION.) 



FaUo carolinensis, Gmelin ; and Fish Hawk, Wilson, Am. Om. Vol. 5, p. 1, pi. 37. 



Falco haHarius. Aud. pi. 81 (male) ; Om. Biog. Vol. 1, p. 415. 



Fish Hawk. Nuttall, Manual, Vol. 1, p. 78, figure. 



Aqvila {Pandion) halixeta. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p. 20. 



Fish Hawk or Osprey. Aod. B. of A. 8 vo. Vol. 1, p. 64, pi. 15 (male). 



P. carolinensis. BoNAP. Comp. List, p. 3. 



P. haliailus, Fish Hawk. GiBADD, Birds of Long Island, p. 11. 



Characteristics. Dark brown above ; beneath white. Cere and feet blue. Female : 

 Breast sparsely spotted with light brown. Young : Feathers above mar- 

 gined with yellowish white. Length, 24  0. 



Description. Edge of the upper mandible straight to its hooked tip, excepting a slight 

 angular elevation near the corner of the mouth, and a slightly elevated lobe near the middle. 

 The folded wings slightly exceed the tail. Second primary longest. Tail slightly rounded. 

 Legs feathered in front half an inch below the joint. Middle claw with an obsolete groove 

 beneath ; the others rounded. 



Color. Above dark brown ; the margins of the feathers paler. On the summit of the 

 head, the long feathers are white, darker in the centre, and erectile at pleasure. A dark 

 brown stripe runs from the base of the bill through the orbits and along the sides of the neck, 



