PALCO ICHTIIY/ETUS. 
The pair of birds which I here obtained, had been carefully observed by the 
natives of the village of Brambatan for several years. Their cry resembled that of 
the Osprey. They lived exclusively on fishes, which they obtained abundantly out 
of the lake above mentioned. They never attacked fowls or other animals. They 
daily resorted to the lake, over which , suspended in the air, or sailing slowly along, 
they watched their prey : on observing a fish, they darted on it with impetuous 
velocity. More rarely they pursued a more passive conduct, and watched the lake 
from the trees in its neighbourhood. The nest of this pair of birds had before my 
arrival been repeatedly visited by the natives. The female was observed to lay two 
eggs at a time, and the young birds were driven from the neighboiuhood as soon 
as they were able to provide for themselves, In our Plate the Falco Ichthyaetus 
is represented very nearly one-third of the size of life. 
