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Gends GIRCDS Laoepede. 

 147-331-(4.S9). Circus hiidsoiiius (Linn.). *MarshHawk; Mouse Hawk; Harrier. 



Ear parts of Circus. 



Abundant; throughout the state; summer resident; "common in Monroe Co." 

 (Jerome Trombley); " very common summer resident at St. Joseph and Albion " (O. 

 B. Warren); "common migrant in August at Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); 

 ^'Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds; E. W. Durfee reports taking the eggs in 

 Wayne Co.; nests on ground; "quite common at Port Sanilac, where I have found 

 it breeding in nests in low shrubs in marshes " (W. A. Oldfield); eggs three to six. 

 greenish white, often spotted with brown. We have taken the nests and young at 

 this place. " This valuable bird should be protected by law " (J. B. Purdy). 



Genus A(TIPITER Beiss. 



148-332-(494). Accipiter velox ( Pri7.s.). * Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Common; throughout the state; April to August; occasional in winter; "Iron 

 Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "common migrant at 

 Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "very common at Albion and St. Joseph, and 

 common at Palmer" (O. B. Warren); probably breeds; Dr. M. Gibbs writes me that 

 it is not known to breed in Kalamazoo Co.; "common at Port Sanilac, where it is 

 said to breed, but I have never found a nest" (W. A. Oldfield); nests in trees high 

 up from the ground; eggs three to five, rarely seven; "a single bird has been known 

 to lay seventeen eggs in succession" (A. W. Butler), bluish or greenish white, 

 spotted at large end with brown. This is one of our most common small hawks, 

 it is brave and takes toll of the fancier; " this and the following species are the 

 only two common hawks that are injurious" (Dr. A. K. Fisher); " too small I think 

 to be classed as a chicken hawk" (Prof. Ludwig Kumlein); "I have seen it kill 

 chickens" (S. E. White). 



Cooper's ±iawk. nat-aral size. 



