REMAKES : 



The eggs figured were selected from several dozen specimens taken on Long Island, as representative 

 of the variations which occur. The center one is probably the commonest size, shape, and pattern of marks. 



The nest of the Fish Hawk I have never been able to find. There is, however, no doubt that they 

 build sometimes in the northern portion of the state, and also along the Ohio River and in the neighbor- 

 hood of the Licking and St. Mary's Reservoirs. The above, respecting locality, position, and materials, is 

 entirely compiled. 



I have frequently seen the Osprey, singly and in pairs, fishing in the rivers for suckers, and on 

 one occasion I was greatly astonished to see the height from which the bird would plunge into water 

 not more than three feet deep. Three dives w^ere made before a fish was captured. Each time the 

 Osprey descended at least one hundred feet and perhaps more, like an arrow, and struck the water with 

 a sharp thud and disappeared from view for several seconds. The last time he came up I thought him 

 hurt, as he extended his wings on the surface and remained motionless for a moment, then, with great 

 effort, he arose from the water and in his talons carried, head foremost, a sucker over a foot long. At 

 another time I found an old bird feeding her young. They Avere full grown, and were perched upon the 

 top branches of a large sycamore tree a few hundred yards from a river. 



H. D. Minot says, in "Land and Game-Birds of 'New England:" "They are well known frequently 

 to migrate and build their nests in companies, to remain mated for life, and to feed their young longer, 

 even more abundantly, than any other hawks. Though repeatedly robbed by the tyrannical eagles, they 

 continue to fish undisheartened, and are said never to feed in any other way. . . . The Fish Hawks 

 are very spirited, and have been kno\vn to wound seriously intruders upon their nests, which, by the 

 way, they are said by Wilson to repair in autumn to withstand the winter," 



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