THE OSPREY. 243 
Harmless though the Osprey be—except to the fish—it is a much per- 
secuted bird, being not only annoyed by rooks and crows, but robbed by 
the more powerful white-headed Eagle. Mr. Thompson records an instance 
where an Osprey, which had been fishing in Loch Ruthven, was greatly 
BUZZARD. —(Buteo vulgaris.) 
harassed by an impertinent Royston crow, which attacked the noble bird as 
soon as it had caught a fish, and, as if knowing that it was incapable of 
retaliation, actually struck it while on the wing. The Osprey kept quietly 
on its way, but was so wearied by the repeated attacks of the crow, that 
R 2 
. 
