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FALCON. 



S P E. V. O S P R E Y. No. 5. 



Falco Haliaetus. Lm. Syji. i. p. 129. 



L'Aigle de Men Brif. Orn. I. p. 440. PL XXXIV. 



This fpecles is nearly two feet long; five feet in breadth; and weighs about 

 four pounds: the bill is black ; cere blue; eyes yellow: the head, throat, and 

 neck, are white, fpotted irregularly with brown : under the eye, on each fide 

 of the neck, is a band of brown, reaching dmoft to the fiioulders: the feathers 

 on the back and wings are of a dull brown, edged with white; under parts are 

 white, nightly fpotted with brown : the legs are naked, fiiort, ftrong, and of a 

 bluifh afli colour. 



Thefe birds frequent the fea-fhores, and large rivers, in various parts of 

 Great Britain, and feed chiefly on fifh ; plunging with great violence into the water 

 after them : they will'alfo feed on water fowl. They build their nefts on the 

 ground, among reeds, and lay two or three eggs; for the figure of which, fee 

 PI. I. No. 2. 



