PANDION.
Tarsus short and bare ; outer toe reversible ; soles of feet rough ; bill short ; nostrils oval ; nuchal feathers elongated ; food chiefly fish ; nest on trees or rocks.
Pandion haliaetus haliaetus (I..). OSPREY. Fr. Bab busard ; Ger. Fischadler ; lied. Falco pescatore ; Siva. Fiskljuse. ? Above dark brown, crown and nape buffish white, crown dark striped ; underparts white, sometimes striped dark brown on throat and breast. Bill horn black. Cere greyish blue. Legs and feet pale lead colour. Iris yellow (brown in young). Wing
CS" Tarsus 58-69. Bill from cere 3o-35 (W.).
Breeds.—Continental Europe from far north, N. and more rarely C. Russia, Spain, Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Greece, N.W. Africa, Canary Islands, Egypt ; and in N. Asia to Pacific and in S.W. Asia ; in many parts of Europe extinct as breeding, e.g. Britain, Holland, Belgium, France, Austria, Rumania. Migrates ; winters in tropical Africa.