fish-hawks

The inhabitants of the island were a gorgeously-feathered old cock, which was kept as a propitiatory offering to the spirit of the island, a sickly yellow-looking thrush, a hammer-headed stork, and two fish-hawks, who, finding we had taken possession of what had been religiously reserved for them, took flight to the most western island, where from their perches they continued to eye us most solemnly.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

"We must keep on the watch to learn how the bold robber taxes the hard-working and honest fish-hawks for his meal," Frank remarked.

The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery Quincy Allen

The others forgot about the fish-hawks after that, but not Will.

The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery Quincy Allen

The fish-hawks wheeled and screamed, and sought their nests on the high dry trees; the crows flew clamorously to the crevices of the rocks, and all nature seemed conscious of the approaching thunder gust.

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, January 1844 Volume 23, Number 1 Various

Later on Will told them how patiently he had sat there, perched in the top of the tall tree next to the one containing the fish-hawks 'nest, and waiting for a good chance to take the picture he wanted.

The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery Quincy Allen

"We'll soon know," ventured Jerry, "because I can see one of the fish-hawks flying over that tall tree, and I guess the nest must be in that."

The Outdoor Chums at Cabin Point or The Golden Cup Mystery Quincy Allen

Overhead the fish-hawks sailed and plunged occasionally with a silver flash into the river.

The Slipper Point Mystery 1921

Far above their heads the fish-hawks swooped with their high-pitched piping cry, and two wrens scolded each other in the branches above their heads.

The Slipper Point Mystery 1921

You and he escaped, by a dive from the upper window of this palace that would not have disgraced two fish-hawks, and although you never guessed it, by that dive you sentenced me to death.

Caves of Terror Talbot Mundy 1909

Wherever I went I saw him, following the rivers for stranded trout and salmon, or floating high in air where he could overlook two or three wilderness lakes, with as many honest fish-hawks catching their dinners.

Wilderness Ways William Joseph Long 1909