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While in Queen Anne County (May '92) my boatman several 

 times mentioned a "white Hawk with a split tail" which he had 

 observed occasionally, but he could not tell how often or at 

 what time of year. < Mr. A. P. Bowen writes me that it is 

 occasionally seen in Prince George's County. 



Circus hudsonius (331). Marsh Hawk. 



Common resident in tide-water Maryland, this species is 

 common in the uplands from August 4 ('95) to May 2 ('91, 

 Gray), and on June 29 ('92, Gray) one was seen near Powhatan. 

 Mr. L. D. Willis, of Church Creek, Dorchester County, informs 

 me that on a salt marsh of the Blackwater River, about 10 

 miles south of Cambridge, he found a nest of the Marsh Hawk 

 containing 6 fresh eggs on June 2, '95. Next day the female 

 was shot and an egg ready for extension v\^as found in the ova- 

 duct. The nest, a slight affair of dry reeds and grass, was 

 placed on a slight elevation about 60 yards back from the open 

 water and entirely surrounded by thick reeds. 



Accipiter velox (332). Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Common resident, but not very numerous in summer. On 

 May 20 ('91, Blogg) a set of 4 eggs was taken, and on May 29 

 ('92, Fisher) another of 5. At Sandy Springs on May 16, '91, 

 two fresh eggs, and 15 days later a set of 5 (Stabler). 



For two years in succession this terror of the poultry yard 

 nested close to our house, but as far as I could learn the chickens 

 were not molested. In '84 the young had left the nest and 

 were being fed round the house on June 8, 15 and 22. In '85 

 I spent May 31 and June 7 watching the young being fed. 

 They were in a natural cavity of a chestnut tree in full view 

 of the house and not 100 feet away from it. The entrance 

 was a small rotted-out branch hole about 4 inches in diameter 

 and about 40 feet from the ground. By means of a field glass 

 I saw that the young were being fed on grasshoppers. On the 

 approach of a parent they made a great noise, and as this could 



