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[§ 77. Two.— Shetlmds, April, 1856. 



Sent by the same correspondent as the last and preceding entries, but from 

 another island. Both from one nest.] 



[§ 78. One.— Sheihnds, 1861. 



From the same island and, as it would seem, the same eyrie as those in the 

 last section. My correspondent informed me that the poor fellow who procured 

 it, "in attempting to go to the nest a second time, lost his hold, and, of 

 course, lost his life."] 



[§ 79. (9;ze.— Shetlands, 1857. 



From the same correspondent, but from a third nest, situated on the west 

 side of the island on which he himself resides.] 



[§ 80. Two. — River Luro, Albania, 17 March, 1857. I'rom 

 Lord Lilford's Collection, 1859. 



Lord Lilford (then Mr. Powys), mentioning these specimens in the ' Ibis ' 

 for 1860 (vol. ii. p. 5), says — " My Greek servant took two eggs of this 

 species from a nest situate in the top of an old ash-tree in a wood on the 

 banks of the Liu-o river, which nms into the Gulf of Arta, near the ruins of 

 Nicopolis, and not far from the town of Prevesa: this was on the 17th of March, 

 1857. The old birds were very bold, and often came within gunshot of us ; 

 but I would not fire at them, as I did not want a specimen, and the shepherds 

 begged us not to kill them, as they bred there year after year, and kept 

 away other birds of prey which were destructive to their lambs. When 

 . my servant was within a few feet of the nest, a large snake put his head out 

 of a hole and hissed fiercely at him ; but he, having implored the aid of St. 

 Spiridione, the patron of Corfu, went boldly in and took the eggs, which are 

 now in the possession of Mr. Alfred Newton," 



An accoimt of the taking of this nest is also given in ' Frazer's Magazine,' 

 No. 334, for October, 1857.] 



PANDION HALI^ETUS (Limi^us). 



OSPREY. 



I have seen several nests of the Osprey upon the highest points of 

 ruins in and about lochs in Scotland, and several more upon small 

 isolated rocks projecting out of the water. There is something, in 

 the general appearance of the nest, which reminds one of nests of 

 the wood-ants ; it is usually in the form of a cone cut off at the top ; 



