eagle n Cp Cent ~ n 2. American osprey or fish-hawk (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) (1959 MCATEE 22).
   1908 HUBBARD 87 Some fish eagles, circling high above us, screamed their disapproval of our presence there. [1932] 1971 LYSAGHT 172 To add to the confusion the Osprey Pandion haliaetus (L.) also occurs in Labrador and 0 L Austin, writing in 1932, stated that the natives of Sandwich Bay called it eagle then.

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