WHE OSPREY. 49 
where the Ospreys lived. Like my friend of the morning, 
he came during the afternoon to investigate the remarkable, 
domed excrescence which had appeared on the surface 
of the earth since the previous day. After the necessary 
explanation, he expressed great interest in my work; and, 
having learned that I proposed to write a book on the 
Osprey, he later sent me the following amusing summary 
of his knowledge of the bird. He stated that it was compiled 
with the assistance of his friend, Captain Roger Moon, 
“an old sailor and fisherman.” I append the account 
in exactly the picturesque form and language in which it 
was received by me :— 
“The Osprey or better known as Fish hawk the Male 
Bird comes Back first in the spring about March 25 if it 
is nor too Cold. he will begin to repair his nest about a 
week later the She bird comes, and both work together 
and love One another on the Nest. They lay 3 to 4 Eggs 
but they will only breed 2 whatever they do with the other 
eggs nobody knowes. when they go off in October they 
come back alone in the Spring wether they are the Old pair 
or the Young I do not know. As soon as the Egg is laid 
- there will always be one of Birds on the nest to watch it 
as Mr. Crow likes to get the eggs. When she sets on her 
Eggs, the Male furnishes her food but mostly Every other 
Morning she goes to have her bath and then the Old man 
will sit on the Eggs to keep them warm until she comes 
back she sometimes hunts her breakfast but very seldom. 
she hurrys home after her Bath. As if she was afraid that 
the Old man did nor under stand the business as well as 
her. ‘hen he goes down the Bay and gets her breakfast 
while she sits on the F.ggs he pickes the fish apart so that 
she can eat it handy. After the young ones are able to 
fly then the training begins. ‘The Old ones with a fish 
fly all arond the nest high in the Air and holler while the 
young ones look on and hunger for it. by and by they will 
follow the Old ones down the bay see how it is done and 
strike out for themselfs they leave us about October first. 
