Ospreys' Eggs. In your October issue 
appear some notes on number of eggs laid 
by Ospreys, and it has occurred to me to 
ask if the number in a clutch influences 
the size of the eggs. The clutch of four 
mentioned as haying been sent to England 
by Mr. Worthington is in my collection, 
and the eggs measure as follows: 2.26 X 
1.75, 2.31 X 1.75, 2.28 X 1.8, 2.27 X 1.76. A 
clutch of two, received from the same gen- 
tleman, measured 2.42x1.81, 2.4*3x1-79; 
and a clutch of three collected by Mr. 
Griffing, and sent to me by Mr. Snowdon 
Howland, measure 2.5x1.82, 2.5x1.86, 
2.56x1.83. If at any time I can an- 
swer, for any of your readers, questions 
relating to Birds of the British fauna which 
appear in your lists as accidental visitors, 
it will give me great pleasure to do so.— 
W. Wells Bladen , Stone, Staffordshire, 
England. O. V211. June. 1883. p. V V. 
> 
A PhiladelphiaCollection of Eggs of 
the Raptorea. 
I Pandion haliceetus carolinensis. American 
Osprey, Fish Hawk. One set of four, thirty-six 
I sets of three, two sets of two. Total: thirty- 
'll nine sets, one hundred and sixteen eggs. 
Q.& O. XIV. Mar. 1839 p. 45 
Collection of $,apk>res Eggs. J. P. IT. 
Fish Hawk, 3-2, »(-», 1-4, 40 118 
O.&o. XV. Apr. 1890. p. 56 
