THE OSPREY

Tus Osprey, or Fish Hawk, 1s common
in various parts of Kurope and America ;
the length is about two feet, and the
breadth upwards of five, the wings, when
at rest, reach beyond the tail; the bill is
black, the cere and legs blue, the irides
yellow. Beneath the eye is a band of
brown, reaching almost to the shoulder ;
the tail is composed of twelve equal fea-
thers, the two middle ones dusky, the
others barred with brown and white. It
builds on trees, or on the ground, among
reeds, and the female lays three or four
eggs. Its usual haunts are the margins

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