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$Pretitle{}
$Title{Genus V.--Pandion, Sav.  Osprey.}
$Subject{Falconinae; Pandion; Osprey}
$Journal{Birds of America:  Volume I}
$Volume{Vol. 1:64}
$Family{Falconinae}
$Genus{Pandion}
$Species{}
$Common_Name{Osprey}
$Log{
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                       B I R D S   O F   A M E R I C A .

                    By John James Audubon, F. R. SS. L. & E.

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                                    VOL. I.
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                        GENUS V.--PANDION, Sav.  OSPREY.


     Bill short, as broad as deep at the base, the sides convex, the dorsal
outline straight at the base, decurved towards the end; upper mandible with a
festoon on the edges at the curvature, the tip trigonal, very acute; lower
mandible with the edges slightly arched, the tip obtusely truncate.  Nostrils
oval, oblique, large, half way between the ridge and the cere.  Legs rather
long; tarsus very short, remarkably thick, covered all round with hexagonal
scales; toes also remarkably thick, the outer versatile larger than the inner,
all scutellate only towards the end, and covered beneath with prominent,
conical, acuminate scales; claws long, curved, convex beneath, tapering to a
fine point.  Plumage compact, imbricated; feathers of the head and neck narrow,
acuminate; of the tarsus short and very narrow, without the elongated external
tufts seen in all the other genera.  Tail rather long, a little rounded.
Intestine extremely long and slender, its greatest width 2 1/4 twelfths, the
smallest 1/2 twelfth.