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some of them four inches round, and three feet and a-half 

 long : proof enough of the strength of its legs and wings. 

 The eggs are as large as a hen's, with reddish-brown spots. 

 The osprey is about the size of the herring-gull; the 

 breast nearly white, spotted with brown ; back and wings 

 dull-brown; the thighs very muscular; legs and claws, 

 which are of bluish flesh colour, equally so. 





