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two or more eggs. A nest found at Lake of Islands north of 

 Ottawa, Ont., would be nearly six feet across and is apparently 

 made of large 'sticks, weeds, cornstalks and bark. (jGeo. R. 

 White.) 



This bird is becoming very scarce along the St. Lawrence. 

 During the last ten years I have only seen a few examples. A 

 nest was found on May 23rd, 1900, at Gananoque Lake, built on 

 top of a large broken pine, which contained three eggs. This is 

 the only case I know of its breeding in the County of Leeds, 

 Ont., but I formerly saw its nest frequently in the counties of 

 Lanark and Renfrew, built on the top of pine stubs. {Rev. C.J. 

 Young) Generally distributed in the Muskoka and Parry Sound 

 districts. I met with a nest in the centre of a heronry in Parry 

 Sound. {J.H.Fleming.) 



Three specimens were observed on Moose River near Moose 

 Factory, James Bay, June 7th, 1896. A pair were breeding in the 

 top of a dead spruce tree. -None were observed further north. 

 {Spreadborough.) The fish-hawk breeds about four miles up 

 Northwest River} above Hudson Bay Company's station, 

 Labrador. {Packard.) 



An abundant summer resident throughout British Columbia. 

 Its nest is usually on the broken top of a trpe, not far from water. 

 {Fannin.) Common throughout Vancouver Island. Nest very 

 bulky and generally placed on the broken top of a tall dead tree. 

 I have seen a few nests, however, on living trees. The food of 

 this species consists principally of fish. I have watched them, 

 after flying slowly over a shallow bay, stop and hover for a few 

 seconds, then close their wings and drop like a meteor upon some 

 luckless fish which they seldom fail in catching. On a few occa- 

 sions I have seen them with snakes. Their nest is a huge heap of 

 sticks, usually placed on the top of a tall stub, scarcely ever less 

 than fifty feet from the ground. {Spreadborovgh.) 



Breeds amongst the lakes of Muskoka, Ont. In June, 1893, we 

 shot a specimen at Banff, Rocky Mountains, and Mr. Fear in- 

 formed me a pair had a nest behind Tunnel Mountain. I have a 

 series of 200 eggs of the osprey and they are the most handsome 

 of all hawk's eggs ; this bird usually lays three eggs, but occa- 

 sionally four. {W. Raine) Almost invariably there is a fish- 

 hawk nesting with the great blue heron at Sydney, Cape Breton 

 Island. At the heronry I visited, the hawks chased the herons 



