I2S O S P R E Y. Clafsli. 



to fwim with, and another divided foot to take its 

 prey with. Pliny\ with his ufual elegance, defcribes 

 the manner of its fifhing. Supereji haliaetos^ clarijfima 

 oculorum acie, lihrans ex alto fefe^ 'vifoque in mart pifce^ 

 praceps in eo ruens^ et difcujfis pe^ore aquis rapi^ns. 



IV. The O S P R E Y. 



Une Orfraye. Belon. a^v. 96. Bald buzzard, or fea eagle. Rait 



Fifch-adler, Maffwy, Aquila ana- fyn. av. 16. 



taria, Clanga, planga, Perc- Filhing havvik. Catejhfs Carol. I. 



330S, Morphnos. Gefner. au. Tab. 2. 



196. ¥&\QQQy^Xi0^m . KleinSlem.Tab. 8. 



Halia^tus, feu aquila marina. Faico Ha!ia;tus. Lin. fyji. \z(). 



Gefner a-j. 804. Blafot, Fifli-orn. Faun. Suec.jp. 



Ealbufhardus. "lurneri. 63. 



AuguiQa piumbina, Aquilaftro, Aigle de mer. Brijpm av. I. 440. 



Halia;tus, feu Morphnos. ysV^r. fab. 34. 



a'v.l. IC5. 114. The Ofprey. Br. Zaol. 6^. Tab. 



Halicetus. Caii opufc. %^. A. i. 



Bald Buzzard. IVit. orn. 6<^. Fiik-oern. Brumich, -^^ ^. 



"R. Ray places this bird among the hawks, in- 

 ilead of the eagles, on a luppoficion that 

 Mr. Willoughhy had exceeded in his account of its 

 weight ; but as we had an opportunity of confirming 

 the words of the latter, from one of this fpeciesjuft 

 taken, we here reftore it to the aquiline rank, under 

 the name of the Ofprey : which was the name it was 

 known by in England above one hundred and fixty 

 years ago ; as appears by Dr. Kay., or CaiusS defcrip- 

 tion of it, who alio calls it an eagle. 



This bird haunts rivers, lakes, and the fea-fhores. 

 It builds its nefl: on the ground among reeds, and lays 

 three or four white eggs of an elliptical form ; rather 



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