40 PANDIONID^. 



Falco carolinensis, Gm, Syst. Nat. i. p. 263 '. 



Pandion carolinensis, A-ad^.^ivAs Km.t.diV; Orr.Biogr.i. p. 413'; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 215'; 



Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 2° ; Salv. Ibis, 1864, pp. 378", 385" ; 1865, p. 193 "; Grayson, 



Pr. Bost. Soc. KI. H. xiv. p. 268 '"; Gundl. Orn. Cub. p. 39". 

 Pandion haliaetus, var. carolinensis, Ridgw. in Baird, Brew., & Ridgw. N. Am. Birds, iii. p. 184"; 



Lawr. Mem. Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 303'° ; Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 38"; Sumichrast,. 



Nat. V. p. 237". 

 Pandion haliaetus carolinensis, Belding, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. vi. p. 344"; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. vi. p. 377'°; Herrera, La Nat. ser. 2, i. p. 320"; Richmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. 



p. 520'^ Bendire, Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, ii. p. 320=='; Fisher, BuU, U. S. Dep. Agr. no. 3,. 



p. 130, 1. 18'*. 



Supra fascus, dorsi plumis stricte albido marginatis, eapite toto et cervice flavido-albis, pileo medio, plaga 

 cervicali, loris efc stria lata postoculari fuscis : subtns albus, pectoris plumis plus minusve fusco maculatis 

 interdum pure albis ; alis fuscis, subtus introrsum albo et fusco transfasciatis, margine extemo fusco, 

 plumis omnibus albo limbatis, axUlaribus albis ; cauda indistincte fasciata : rostro et pedibus plumbeis. 

 Long, tota circa 21-0, alae 19-0, caudse 8-5, tarsi 2-2. (Descr. exempl. ex Acapam, Guatemala. Mus.. 

 nostr.) 



Hah. North America, generally distributed as far north as Hudson's Bay and Alaska^^. — 

 Mexico, both Atlantic and Pacific coasts [Sumichrast), Guaymas [Belding'^^), Tres 

 Marias Islands (Grayson ^^, Forrer), Mazatlan {Grayson'^% Colima [Xantus'^^),. 

 Tamaulipas ( W. JB. Bichardson), Coyutla, Kio Eancho Nuevo, Santa Ana, Alvarado 

 {Ferrari-Perez), Cbalco, Xochimilco {Herrera), Ventosa Bay, Chihuitan {Sumi- 

 chrast^''), Holbox and Cozumel Island {G. F. Gaumer^); British Hohdueas, 

 Belize {0. S.^), Half Moon Cay, Saddle Cay lo, Tobacco Cay", &c. {0. S.); 

 Guatemala, both Atlantic and Pacific coasts {0. S.^ Sf F. D. G.), Acapam {0. S. ^^) ; 

 Honduras {Dyson, in Mus. Brit.^), Euatan I. {G. F. Gaumer'^), Amapala {0. S.) ; 

 Nicaragua, east coast {Richmond ^^), San Juan del Sur {0. S., Nutting ^^)\ 

 Panama {M^Leannan 2). — South America, northern parts ; Old World, northern 

 hemisphere generally. 



The Osprey is a common bird on the coasts of Mexico and Central America, 

 frequenting both the coral-lined shore of the Atlantic and the lagoons and estuaries 

 which abound on that of the Pacific. Though a migrant in the north it is never 

 absent from its haunts in the south, and in the winter season the numbers in southern 

 districts are no doubt largely augmented by arrivals from colder climates. 



Gundlach says ^^ that birds arrive in Cuba from Florida about the beginning of 

 September, but that there was evidence that others bred in the island. 



Grayson, during his visits to the Tres Marias Islands ^^, discovered two nests in the 

 northernmost island, one of which was on a rock adjacent to the shore and had young 

 in it ; the other was on the top of the large thorny limbs of a giant cactus. On the 

 mainland near Mazatlan, he says, the Osprey was quite common. Mr. Forrer procured 

 a nestling on the Tres Marias Islands. 



