PLATE II 

 O S P R E Y. Pandion haliaetus 



June 1896. This Plate shows the site chosen by a pair of Ospreys on the 

 shores of a wild loch in Strathspey. Alas! they were too confiding, for the 

 eggs were taken and one of the birds shot. The tree is an enormous Scotch 

 fir, the size of which will easily be seen by comparing it with the others 

 round it. The nest was built on a flat branch near the top of the tree, 

 and although only built that year, was of great bulk, many of the sticks used 

 in its construction being nearly as thick as a man's wrist. 



