FISH HAWK. 
scribing the chase and capture. He re- 
lates that the eagle, after watching the 
osprey as it dashes into the water after 
its finny prey, starts off in pursuit as it 
emerges, bearing a fish in its talons. 
“ Each exerts his utmost to mount above 
the other, displaying, in these rencontres, 
the most elegant and sublime aerial evo- 
lutions. The unencumbered eagle rapidly 
advances, and is just on the point of reach- 
ing his opponent, when the latter drops 
his fish : the eagle, poising himself for a 
moment, as if to take a more certain aim, 
descends like a whirlwind, snatches it in 
his grasp ere it reaches the water, and 
bears his ill-gotten booty silently away 
to the woods. 
