32 

 parts of the Canadian life zone it is rather Bare. In 

 Warren County, Mr. Simpson writes that it is a rare breeder, 

 and I have found it the same in Pike, Monroe, Wayne, 

 Luzerne, and Clarion Counties. In Chester, York, Lancaster, 

 Montgomery, Philadelphia, and Bucks Counties, it might be 

 called abundant, while in the farming land of Center County 

 it is a very common species. 



364. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel . ) . Osprey. 



The Osprey, or Pish Hawk, i3 commonly seen in 

 Pennsylvania as a migrant during the last week in March and 

 again thru September. It has been reported as breeding in 

 a number of localities in Pennsylvania, but authentic 

 records are few, and considering the fact that no record 

 has been found of a single authentic Pennsylvania set of 

 eggs, it will have to be classed as one of our rarest breed- 

 ers. According to Dr. Warren (Birds of Pennsylvania) a few 

 pairs nest along the southern Susqaehanna, About 1330 a 

 nest with young was found alortg the Brandywine Creek near 

 Chadds Ford, Delaware County, by Joseph Price. The Osprey 

 has not for years bred in southeastern Pennsylvania, tho 

 very common on the New Jersey side of Delaware Bay. During 

 the past five years I have seen birds of this species 

 almosfe every bsummer (June and July) in Monroe a^d Pike 

 Counties, and they probably nest on some of the isolated 



