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our coast, but I know of no such a record of late years. 
The height of nests varies from forty to seventy feet above 
ground. Some nests I have had the pleasure of looking 
into would, when lying across the inner surface, Just show 
my feet sticking over the rim. From the numerous local 
pairs which I have had ample opportunity to watch at all 
times of the day, I consider the Osprey one of our most 
interesting breeding birds. They raise but a single brood 
each season. On May 4th, 1911, I took a set of five eggs 
from a nest of this species, the largest ever taken up to 
that date. This record set came from Northampton 
County, and that year the sets in general were larger than 
usual and more highly colored; this I attribute to the 
great amount of fish that season. 
