OSPREY, OR FISHING-HAWK. 
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RAPTORES. 
FALCON! D/E. 
OSPREY, OR FISHING-HAWK. 
PAN DION HALLEETUS. 
PLATE VI. 
A note which accompanies the egg figured in former 
editions kindly sent me by Sir W. Jardine, states that it 
was procured from Loch Menteith, in Perthshire, a favour¬ 
ite station with the bird; he also states, in his edition of 
Wilson’s u Ornithology,” that “ a pair or two may be found 
about most of the Highland lochs, where they build on the 
ruined towers so common on the edges or insulated rocks 
of these wild waters. The nest is an immense fabric of 
rotten sticks, and is generally placed, if such exists, on 
the top of the chimney, and if this be wanting, on the 
highest summit of the building. An aged tree may some¬ 
times be chosen, but ruins are always preferred, if near.” 
Mr. Wolley, on the eve of starting for a bird-nesting- 
excursion to the north of Sweden, has sent me the follow¬ 
ing notes:-- “ I have seen several nests of the Osprey upon 
the highest points of ruins in and about lochs in Scotland, 
and several more upon small isolated rocks projecting out 
of the water. There is something in the general appear¬ 
ance of the nest which reminds one of nests of the wood 
ants; it is usually in the form of a cone cut off at the top ; 
the sticks project very slightly beyond the sides, and 
are built up with turf and other compact materials; the 
summit is of moss, very fiat and even, and the cavity 
occupies a comparatively small part of it. f know no 
