FISH-HAWK, or OSPREY. 
( Falco hctlicetus . Linn. Audubon, pi. 81, [excellent.] Wilson, r« 
p. 13, pi. 5. fig. 1. Philadelphia Museum, No. 144.) 
Spec. Charact. — Dark brown, beneath white ; cere andfeet grey* 
ish-blue. — Female with the breast thinly spotted with pale 
brown. — Young , nearly all the feathers above terminated with 
yellowish-white tips. 
This large and well known species, allied to the 
Eagles, is found near fresh and salt water in almost 
every country in the world. In summer it wanders into 
the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and America ; it is 
also found equally prevalent in the milder parts of both 
continents, as in Greece and Egypt. In America it 
is found in the summer from Labrador, and the in- 
