BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE OSPREY. 



BALD BUZZARD, SEA EAGLE, OR FISHING HAWK. 



(Falco HaliactnSy Linn. Aiglc balbuzard, Temm.) 



THE length of the male is twenty-two inches, the 

 female about two feet : breadth above five : bill 

 black, cere blue, eyes yellow ; crown of the head 

 white, marked with oblong dusky spots ; the 

 cheeks, and all the under parts of the body, are 

 white, slightly spotted with brown on the breast; 

 from the corner of each eye a streak of dark brown 

 extends down the sides of the neck towards the 



