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nithologist and Oologist ('82) captured at Portsmouth, Jan. 27, 

 1882 ; Mr. F. H. Alien also saw one on Feb. 2, 1900, from the 

 cars while passing through the southeastern part of the state. 

 Mr. W. E. Cram has observed it the year round at Hampton 

 Falls. Inland, the first migrants appear early in March, and I 

 am informed of a fine adult bird seen by Mrs. E. E. Webster at 

 Franklin Falls, not far south of Lake Winnipesaukee on March 

 3, 1900, there being still two feet of snow on the ground. 



Note: Palco island us Brunn. White Gyrfai.chx. 



Mr. C. J. Maynard ('72) states that he saw what he is certain was a 

 bird of this species, flying high above him as he was crossing a mountain 

 pass in Errol, on Nov. 5th, 1868. While the chances are in favor of the 

 bird having been a Gyrfalcon, the identification cannot be considered 

 sufficiently positive to warrant inclusion in this list. 



111. Falco rusticolus obsoletus (Gmel.). Black 

 Gyrfalcon. 



A very rare winter visitant. There is but a single record, 

 near Milfotd, one shot in January, 1891. The bird was origi- 

 nally recorded by Mr. J. P. Melzer ('91) as from Milford, Yt., 

 which, as he informs me, was a mistake. It was taken on Lynde- 

 boro Mountain, a range of hills which runs through the towns 

 adjoining Milford, N. H. Mr. Win. Brewster C95, p. 480) re- 

 cords the locality correctly. 



112. Falco peregrimis aiiatimi (Bonap.). Dick 

 Hawk. 



An uncommon local summer resident. A number of places 

 are known to which a pair of these birds has returned year after 

 \ear to nest on the same cliff, a notable instance being the pair 

 at Eagle Cliff in the Franconia Mountains which appears to 

 have held possession for a number of years succeeding the de- 

 sertion of the site by the Golden Eagles. Mr. Ned Dearborn 

 ('98, p. 16) mentions a place near Alexandria where the birds 

 were reported to be seen, and young in the latter part of the 

 summer. At Humphrey's Ledge, a high cliff rising from the 

 vSaco valley at Intervale, a pair has bred for several years. The 

 old birds are noisy during the early part of the summer, and 



