AVES. 97 



RAin^ORES. FALCONES. 



rALCOMDAE. 



Falco hudsoniu.t Linn^, Syst. nat., iil. 12, 1700, vol. 1, [>. 128. 

 "ad iretum IIudsoxis." 

 Open country, fields, nitirshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Common miijrant, less common summer resident. Mar. 

 19-Oct. 7 (Nov. 12). Eggs, June 4. 



X. II. ( "ommon migrant, uiKoiiimon summer resident. Mar. 

 16-Xov. 12. 



Vt. — Uncommon summer resident. April 14-Oct. 



Ma.ss. — Common migrant, uncommon summer resident; rare 

 winter resident on the coast. Mar. l-Xov. 29 (winter). Eggs, 

 May 12-June S. 



R. I. — Common migrant, rare sumuicr and winter resident. 

 Mar. 15-Oct. 29 (winter). Eggs. May 23, 25. 



Conn. — Common migrant, uncommon summer resident; winters 

 rarely. Mar.-X'ov. (winter). Eggs, May D-June 9. 



180. AcciPiTER VEi.ox (Wilson) Vigors. 

 Sharp-shinned hawk; Pigeon hawk. 



(hapiuaii, llandl). hirds east. Xo. Amcr., 1.S9."), p. 198; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, ])I. 4. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. 5, fig. 11-17. 



Fak'o relox Wils., Amer. ornith., 1812, vol. 5, p. 110, pi. 45, fig. 1. 

 "dank.s of the Schuylkill." 



Open or wooded country; nests in trees. 



Me. — Common migrant, le.ss common summer resident; rare 

 winter resident (Portland, 1905; Westhrook, 1907). Mar. 27- 

 Xov. 23 (winter). Eggs, June 1. 



N. H. — Common migrant, less common summer resident; rare 

 winter resident in southi-rn part. Eggs, May 23-June 1. 



\'r. — Uncommon summer and ran* winter resident. 



M.\.ss. — Common migraiu, unconunon summer and winter 

 resident. Eggs, May 3-June 10. 



