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A Home-Loving Osprey 



For several years the Ospreys whose 

 nest is here figured built in a dead oak, 

 in the pasture on the left, about a hun- 

 dred feet from the road shown in the 

 photograph, but when the property re- 

 cently came into the possession of a new 



OSPREYS NEST 

 PhotDgraphed from nature by H. S. Hathaway 



owner, he had the tree cut down, and in 

 the spring of 1899 the birds started a nest 

 on a pole nearer to the house than the one 

 on which it is placed in the picture. 



On this pole, however, there was a 

 'converter,' which the nest so interfered 

 with that the owner had to tear the nest 

 down. Then the birds repaired to the 

 pole occupied in the photograph. I have 

 learned that they did not rear a brood, 

 but seemed very nervous, and would sit 

 only for short periods. 



The nest, as may be seen, is on a 

 highway leading from the main road to 

 the shore, and is placed on a pole carry- 

 ing electric light wires to the house in 

 the photograph. It is situated at War- 

 wick Neck, R. I. — H. S. Hathaway, 

 Providence , R. I. 



Nesting of the Prothonotary Warbler 



One of the most common birds of 

 northeastern Louisiana is the Prothono- 

 tary Warbler. It can always be found 

 in considerable numbers along the nu- 

 merous bayous and lakes in this part of 

 the State, but particularly in the large 

 cypress swamps. I have found it nesting 

 in all kinds of places. The most common 

 place, however, is in knot-holes in fallen 

 cypress logs. I have found the nests, 

 also, in holes and corners in a large 

 barn, also in rail fences, deserted Wood- 

 pecker holes, and in bird boxes. 



These birds are very sociable, and come 

 around the farm houses very often to 

 build their nests. A good nesting place 

 is very reluctantly deserted, and the birds 

 will build their nests in the same hole 

 year after year, even though disturbed. 



Three nests in particular, I remember, 

 were robbed year after year, two by 

 snakes and one by a cat. The first one 

 was under a large bridge, where there 

 was a square hole in one of the posts, 

 three feet above the running water ; the 

 second was in a square hole in a large 

 post, supporting a Pigeon house, and the 

 third was in a hanging flower box at 

 the end of the piazza. 



The nests of the Lettuce Bird, as it is 

 commonly called here, are made from 

 greea moss, feathers, and any sort of 

 soft material. The outside is always 

 covered with green bark moss, and it is 

 lined with horse hair — Albert Ganier, 

 J'icksbin-ff, A/iss. 



The House Wren as a Depredator 



Troglodytes acdon has made for him- 

 self a bad name in my immediate vici- 

 nage. One object in telling of his bad 

 deeds is to find out if they are peculiar 

 to this individual, as. I trust may prove 

 true, or whether other observers have 

 had a like experience. 



My Wren is a depredator ; not a rob- 

 ber, but a spoiler. He does not take 



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