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THE OOLOGIST 



The Osprey's Eggs 



Last season while examining a 

 nest of the Osprey 35 feet up in the 

 extreme top of a sour gum tree with 

 a dead top; it is rather hard to get 

 over the nest as it is four feet high 

 and three feet in diameter and is 

 necessary to place your feet against 

 the trunk, hold on to the trunk with 

 one hand and reach over the top, as 

 there were no limbs and the top is 

 only three inches in diameter. As I 

 looked over the edge of the nest there 

 was Mrs. Osprey standing up on the 

 nest with out stretched wings ready 

 for flight. Fortunately for me she was 

 •standing with her head away from 

 me so I pulled a stick out of the nest 

 and hit her on the hack and she flew 

 away but returned again, so I gave 

 her a crack on the head. She flew 

 away and came back again and got 

 another crack, repeated the same per- 

 formance five times before I got in a 

 position to reach over the top. Then 

 I made a quick get away as she was 

 coming back for more. Of all the 

 nests I have ever examined, this is 

 the only time I was ever attacked 

 by an Osprey. I am sending you the 

 •sizes of a few sets of Osprey. The 

 three largest sets I have measured 

 are as follows and the small set is as 

 follows : 



Set of four: 1.90 x 2.52, 1.88 x 



2.50, 1.86 x 2.44, 1.83 x 2.45, 



Set of three: 1.88 x 2.53, 1.87 x 



2.51, 1.85 x 2.44. 



Set of three: 1.88 x 2.65, 1.87 x 

 2.63, 1.81 x 2.57. 



Also the smallest set measures: 

 1.72 x 2.38, 1.75 x 2.34, 1.73 x 2.35. 

 T. E. McMullen, 

 33 Bailey St., 

 Camden, N. J. 



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