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FALCO HALIAETOS. 
OSPREY. 
Cere and feet blue; body brown above, 
white beneath ; head white. 
Falco Haliaetos, Lin. Gme. 
Balbuzard, Buffon. 
Osprey, Pen. Lath. Mont. Bew. 
Osprey Eagle, Shaw. 
provincial. 
FISHING HAWK, FISHING EAGLE, SEA 
EAGLE, BALD BUZZARD. 
This bird is usually about two feet in 
length, and somewhat more than five feet 
in breadth ; weighing from three pounds six 
ounces to four pounds. 
It is said to make its nest generally on the 
ground, by the side of the water, composed 
of flags and rushes ; and lays three or four 
white eggs, rather smaller than those of a 
hen. Mr. Montagu says, that he once saw 
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