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Owl and Falcon Families. Il is a good bird to lead a large 

 Family, and il is to be regretted that those who dwell far from 

 the sea-coast and large rivers lack opportunities for becoming 

 well acquainted with it. Surely this hold fisher, who think 



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A.MERU w OSPREY. 



nothing of dropping a hundred feet into ice-cold water, seiz- 

 ing a fish of nearly half its own weight and flying five miles 

 with it, must appeal to every man and hoy who loves the 

 grasp of a good rod, and the musical click of a reel. 



The boat trip up the Shrewsbury River, from New York 

 to Long Branch, is worth taking in midsummer solely for the 

 sight of • the Osprcys, winging slowly over the still lagoon. 



