AVES. 105 



RAPTORES. FALCONES. 



FALCONIDAE. 



Mass. Rare fall and winter visitor (four records). Oct.- 

 Mar. 11. 



R. I. Rare fall and winter visitor: Conanicut Id., Nov. 22, 

 1891; Newport, Oct. 28, 1896; Tiverton, Dec. 26, 1896. 



200. Falco peregrintjs anatum (Bonaparte) Blasius. 



Duck hawk; American peregrine falcon; Black hawk (Vt.); 

 Bullet hawk; Great-footed hawk; Ledge hawk. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 209; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 15. Egg, Bendire, 

 1892, vol. 1, pi. 10, fig. 5-7. 



Falco anatum. Bonap., Geogr. and comparative list birds Europe 

 and No. Amer., 1838, p. 4. "Northern parts" of No. America. 



Open and mountainous country; nests on ledges or in cavities 

 of large trees. 



Me. Rare summer resident. Mar. 14-Oct. Eggs, April 14. 



N. H., Vt. Rare migrant and local summer resident. Mar. 14- 

 Oct. Vt., Eggs, May 2- June 30. 



Mass. Rare migrant, and in western mountains, rare local 

 summer resident; rare in winter. Eggs, April 15-May 23. 



R. I. Rare migrant. May; Oct. 



Conn. Rare migrant, summer and winter resident. Eggs, 

 May 9 (large young, May 25, Talcott Mt.). 



201. Falco columbarius Linne\ 

 Pigeon hawk. 



Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 90. "America." 

 Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 210; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 16. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. 10, figs. 4, 8. 



Woods and open country; nests in low trees. 



