Osprey

Osprey, Fish Hawk, or River Eagle [Pandion halia'ctus), the sole species of the type-genus of the Raptorial family Pandionidaj, almost universally distributed. There is another genus (Poliactus)

with two species, ranging from India to the Sandwich Islands. The osprey is an occasional British visitor, and still breeds in Scotland. The adult male is a little less than two feet long; the plumage on the under-surface is yellowish-white, as it is on the head, where it is marked with brown, the colour of the rest of the upper surface. These birds feed principally on fish.