THE AMERICAN OSPREY. 545 
and tyranny are almost synonymous, it 1s a comfort to find birds who mind 
their own business and exhibit a proper humility. Ospreys are simple-hearted, 
honest folk, and they deserve protection, if for no better reason, simply be- 
cause they are inoffensive and picturesque. The fact that these birds require 
a few dozen salmon for their annual support, has greatly preyed upon the 
minds of certain men who reckon their own catch by the scow-load; and a 
cruel persecution 
has broken out 
in some quarters, 
persecution as 
senseless as it is 
selfish. No true 
sportsman, how- 
ever, will be- 
grudge to this 
bird his hard- 
earned catch, 
i@leem lay" 2 
plunge and 
strike, which is, 
if anything, 
ma Chena mone 
sportsman - like 
than the use of 
line and lure. 
The Osprey 
preys exclusively 
upon fish and 
CoOisenyS a lomis 
stretches of wa- 
ter in its tireless 
search. It flies 
along at a height 
of fifty or a hun- 
dred feet above 
the water, and 
when its finny 
prey is. sighted, 
pauses for a mo- 
ment on _ hover- 
ng wings, then Taken near Chelan. Photo by the Author. 
drops with a “HIGH IN A NEIGHBORING TREE.” 
