fishing-eagle

Sometimes the bird utilises the deserted cradle of a fishing-eagle or vulture.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

Pallas's fishing-eagle is another species of which the eggs are likely to be found in the present month.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

Of those birds whose nests were described last month the white-backed vulture, Pallas's fishing-eagle, the tawny eagle, the sand-martin and the black-necked stork are likely to be found with eggs or young in the present month.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

This species is called a fishing-eagle; but it does not indulge much in the piscatorial art.

A Bird Calendar for Northern India Douglas Dewar 1916

"Ah, that fellow is the fishing-eagle of Africa -- the _Halicetus vocifer_" said David.

In the Wilds of Africa William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The brown fishing-eagle had built its nest on one of the projecting cliffs.

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 1 John Franklin 1816

The brown fishing-eagle had built its nest on one of the projecting cliffs.

The Journey to the Polar Sea John Franklin 1816

The birds are calling to each other, and from this the fishing-eagle has gained his name of _vocifer_ "

In the Wilds of Africa William Henry Giles Kingston 1847