REMARKS : 
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 were 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 ho 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 were 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 Kew 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 known to wound seriously intruders upon their nests, which, by the 
way, they are said by Wilson to repair in autumn to withstand the winter.” 
