i8 OSPREY 



AUDUBON'S CARACARA 

 Polyborus cheriway cheriway 



A falcon-like Vulture with a bare face, black cap, white throat, 

 breast and nape; the rest of the plumage is black, the tail barred 

 with white. L. 22. 



Range. Mexican border and southward; south central Florida. 



In the eastern United States the Caracara is found 

 only in the Kissimmee prairie region of southern Florida 

 where its presence, so far from others of its kind, furnishes 

 one of the problems in distribution which stimulate the 

 imagination of the faunal naturalist. 



OSPREYS. FAMILY PANDIONID^ 



X OSPREY 



Pandion haliatus carolinensis. Case 3, Fig. 14 



The Osprey or Fish Hawk is often miscalled ' Eagle,' but it is 

 a smaller bird with white, instead of blackish underparts. L. 23. 



Range. The Osprey is found throughout the greater part of 

 the world; the American form occurs in both North and South 

 America and winters from the southern United States southward, 

 starting northward in March. 



Washington, uncommon S. R., Mch. 19— Nov. 30. Ossining, 

 common T. V., rare S. R., Apl. 3-May 26; Sept. 29-Oct. 20. 

 Cambridge, rather common T. V., Apl.-May; Sept.-Oct. N. 

 Ohio, rare S. R., Apl. 20-Oct. Gien Ellyn, two records, May 

 and Sept. 



The Osprey, or Pish Hawk, feeds on fish and nothing 

 but fish. He is, therefore, never found far from his fishing 

 grounds, where no one who has seen him plunge for his 

 prey and rise with it from the water will doubt his ability 

 to supply his wants. Ospreys usually nest in trees at vary- 

 ing distances from the ground, but sometimes on cliffs 

 or even on the ground its If, and return year after year to 

 fthe same nest. The Osprey's alarm note is a high, loud, 

 .omplaining whistle, frequently repeated. The eggs are 



