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OSPREY. 



Class II. 



5. Osprey. Falco Haliceetus. F. cera pedi- 

 busque caeruleis, corpcre supra 

 fusco, subtus albo, capite al- 

 bido. Lath. Ind.\orn. 17. id. 

 Syn. i. 45. id. Sup. i. 13. 



Une Orfraye. Belon.av.~g6. 



Fisch-adier, Masswy, Aquila 

 anataria, Clanga, Planga, 

 Percnos, Morpbnos. Gesner. 

 av. 196. 



Halisetus, seu aquila marina. 

 Gesner. av. 804. 

 „ Balbushardus. Turneri. 



Auguista piumbina, Aquilastro, 

 Halistus, seu Morphnos. 

 Aldr. av. i. 105. 114. 



Halisetus. Can opusc. 85. 



Bald Buzzard. Wil. orn. 6g. 

 Bald Buzzard, or sea eagle. 



Rail syn. av. 16. 

 Fishing hawk. Cateslys 



Carol, i. Tab. 2. 

 Falco cyanopus. Klein Stem. 



Tab. 8. 

 Falco Haliseetus.G???. Lin. 263. 

 Blafot, Fisk-orn. Faun. Suec. 



sp. 63. 

 Aigle de mer. Brisson av. i. 



440. Tab. 34. Hist, d'ois. 



i. 103. PL Enl. 414. 

 Fisk-oern. Brunnich, p. 5. 

 The Osprey. Br. Zool. 63. 



Tab. A. 1. Aret. Zool. i. 



231. 



IVxR. Ray places this bird among the hawks, 

 instead of the eagles, on a*supposition that Mr. 

 JVillughby had exceeded in his account of its 

 weight ; but as we had an opportunity of con- 

 firming the words of the latter, from one of this 

 species just taken, we here restore it to the aqui- 

 line rank, under the name of the Osprey ; which 

 was the name it was known by in England above 

 one hundred and sixty years ago, as appears by 

 Dr. Kay, or Caiuss description of it, who also 

 calls it an eagle. 



This bird haunts rivers, lakes, and the sea- 



