106 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



RAPTORES. FALCONES. 



FALCONIDAE. 



Me. — Uncommon migrant, rare in winter and summer; prob- 

 ably breeds in northern counties (fledglings noted, Knight). Mar. 

 28-May 13; (summer ; Sept -Oct. 10 (Dec. 1, 1906, Westbrook; 

 Feb. 22, 1907, Scarborough). 



N. H. — Uncommon migrant. May; Aug.— Sept. 



Vt. — Uncommon migrant; doubtfully recorded in summer. 



Mass. — Uncommon migrant and rare winter resident. April 

 10-May 16; Sept. 7-Nov. 24; winter. 



R. I. — Uncommon migrant, mainly in fall, and rare winter 

 resident. April 24-May; Sept. 3-Nov. 21 (Jan.). 



Conn. — Uncommon migrant and rare winter resident; doubt- 

 fully recorded in summer. April; (?Aug.); Sept. 25-Nov. ; winter. 



202. Falco tinnunculus Linne. 



Kestrel. 



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

 ttjrribus." Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, vol. 6, p. [113], 

 pi. [384]. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 7, pi. 4, fig. 5. 



Open and wooded country; nests in dense woods, on cliffs, or in 

 towers of buildings. 



Mass. — Accidental visitor from Old World: Nantasket Beach, 

 Sept. 29, 1889. 



203. Falco sparverius Linne. 



American sparrow hawk; Killyhawk; Pigeon hawk. 



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

 man, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 211; A. K. Fisher, 

 Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 17. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, 

 pi. 10, fig. 11-16. 



Open country; nests in cavities of trees or rarely of buildings. 



Me. — Uncommon migrant and summer resident; rare winter 



