THE FISH HAWK.
The fish hawk, or osprey, is not as large as the eagle, but he
has a hooked bill and sharp-claws like the eagle. He is dark
brown in colour with black and white spots, and he is twen-
ty to twenty-two inches long. His breast is mostly white. His
tail and wings are long. The fish hawk is often found sitting
upon a tree over a pond, lake, or river. He is also found
by the seaside. He watches the fish as they swim in the
water beneath him, and then he darts down suddenly and
catches one of them. When he catches a fish in his sharp,
rough claws, he carries it off to eat, and, as he flies away
with it for his dinner, an eagle sometimes meets him. The
eagle flies at him fiercely with his sharp bill, claws and
compels the hawk to drop the fish. Then the eagle catches
the fish as it falls and carries it off. The poor fish hawk, with
a loud cry, timidly flies away. He must go again to the water
and catch another fish for his dinner. So you see that the
eagle is a robber. He robs fish hawks, whose only mode of
getting a living is by catching fish. Why does the fish hawk let the eagle take its fish?
(A) To save fish (B) To save time
(C) Eagle compels (D) All of these
(E) None of these
18. How are fish hawks and eagles alike?
(A) Both are friend (B) Both are relatives
(C) Both are known (D) Both are hunter
(E) None of these
19. Who do you think is robber?
(A) Eagle
(B) Fish hawk
(C) Small fish
(D) Snake
(E) None of these
20. The fish hawk is also ............... the sea side.
(A) Meet by (B) Catches by
(C) Found by (D) Seen by
(E) None of these
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