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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 
62d parallel of latitude. 
(EXTRA LIMITAL.) 
II. washingtoni. (Aud. 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 Stales. 
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. 
Pandion carolinensis. 
PLATE VIII. FIG. 18. 
(STATE COLLECTION.) 
. 
Falco carolinensis , Gmelin ; and Fish Hawk, Wilson, Am. Orn. Vol. 5, p. 1, pi. 37. 
Falco haliaetus. Aud. pi. 81 (male) ; Orn. Biog. Vol. 1, p. 415. 
Fish Hawk. Nuttall, Manual, Vol. 1, p. 78, figure. 
Aquila ( Pandion) haliazeta. Richardson, F. B. A. Vol. 2, p.20. 
Fish Hawk or Osprey . Aud. B. of A. 8 vo. Vol. 1, p. 64, pi. 15 (male). 
P. carolinensis. Bonap. Comp. List, p. 3. 
P . haliaetus , Fish Hawk. Giraud, 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, 
