76 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Mr. Warren’s statement (ante, 
p. 38) :— 
‘‘ Thave taken a period of eleven 
years, from 1900 up to the past 
year (1911), and, having taken the 
trouble to examine the pages of 
that journal for the period named, 
can only find two references to 
Ospreys [not recorded as killed}. 
.... 0 for the eleven years there 
is no record in the ‘Irish Natu- 
ralist’ of any slaughter of Os- 
preys!” 
Rev. F. C. BR. Jourdain’s in- 
vestigations :— 
I did not restrict my observa- 
tion to 1900 and the following 
years alone. I believe I am cor- 
rect in stating that Ospreys are 
recorded as slaughtered in the 
‘Trish Naturalist’ for May, 1893, © 
again in February, 1895, and, I 
believe, also in October, 1900, 
though I have not the last num- 
ber at hand for reference. Still 
it comes within Mr. Warren’s 
period. Again, in 1907 (p. 352), 
one is mentioned as killed near 
Drogheda. In 1908 two imma- 
ture birds are recorded for Co. 
Sligo (p. 78), and in 1910 (p. 13) 
an adult female from Lough Erne. 
Total: seven birds killed be- 
tween 1893 and 1910, or five mm 
the eleven years during which Mr. 
Warren states that there ts no 
record!! all of which are men- 
tioned in the ‘ Irish Naturalist.’ 
(As to Mr. Henderson’s record of an Osprey seen but not shot, it may 
interest Mr. Warren to know that Mr. Henderson and I decided not 
to send this record to the ‘ Irish Naturalist’ till the bird should have 
had time to get out of Ireland, lest it should meet with the same fate 
which overtook its relatives.) 
Mr. Warren seems to think it a bold statement on my part to 
assert that the dealer’s stock in question could not have consisted of 
British-taken Ospreys’ eggs. He is apparently unaware of the fact 
that British-taken eggs are so few in number that their value is in pro- 
portion to their rarity, while, on the other hand, American eggs are — 
only worth as many shillings as Scotch eggs would be worth pounds. 
No dealer could afford to offer such valuable specimens for exchange, 
even if procurable, which is not the case. I fail to see why the Kite 
should be dragged in this discussion. It is a sedentary species, and 
does not migrate across Ireland. The protection now afforded to it 
—partly, I may venture to say, in response to an appeal made by 
Prof. Salter and myself some years ago—has resulted in a consider- 
able increase in the stock, and this fine bird is now in no immediate 
prospect of extinction. 
There is no doubt that the Osprey did suffer severely in the past 
from egg-collecting, and also shooting, on the part of such men as 
