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Sea Eagle, which is another and equally descriptive name 

 of the present species, nestles amid the precipices which 

 rise seaward at the northern extremity of our island. Its 

 nest is a coarse platform structure, composed externally of 

 sticks, roots, or seaweed, and lined with wool, moss, or 

 other substances suited to the purpose. The eggs are two 

 in number, of a rounded form, and either pure white or 

 marked with very pale indistinct blotches. It breeds occa- 

 sionally inland also, on the margin of lakes, where the 

 locality is suitable. 



THE OSPREY. Pandion Jialiaetus. The present species 

 is a bird very extensively distributed, and is common in 

 North America, where it is called, from its habits and the 

 character of its prey, the Fish Hawk. It is found with us 

 in the northern parts of Scotland, where it builds its nest 

 (an unwieldy structure) generally on the highest pinnacles 

 of the deserted ruins or the lofty rocks which occur in the 

 numerous islands which stud the lochs of that country. In 

 other countries, trees are frequently chosen as the sites for 

 building. The eggs, which are two or three in number, are 

 of a light colour, more or less richly blotched, in general 

 with reddish-brown, and somewhat more elongated in their 

 form than is usual among those of the Bap tori al birds. 



