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in 1881, and four or five specimens have been taken in both spring 

 and fall in the vicinity of Toronto; Quebec, several records for the 

 region about Montreal; Michigan, a specimen was taken at White- 

 lish Point, May 19, 1923, one was collected in Cheboygan County in 

 October 1883, and another was obtained at Hessel on October 13, 

 1908; Maine, one was taken at Glenburn, May 19, 1888, another at 

 Gouldsboro on September 15, 1886, and a third at Calais about Oc- 

 tober 8, 1892 ; Vermont, an adult male was taken near Hartland on 

 May 23, 1915; Massachusetts, one taken at Hamilton on April 20, 

 1872, a young male taken at Wayland about September 12, 1876, 

 one shot at Salem on October 28, 1889, and another was taken at 

 Essex on May 29, 1892 ; New York, one in October 1877 in Onondaga 

 County, one at Brockport on October 1, 1889, one at Cornwall on 

 October 14, 1892, and two taken at Lake George on September 9, 

 1920; Florida, a specimen collected at Key West on November 28, 

 1895, and another at Miami Beach on December 7, 1922, 



The only known record for Ecuador is that of a specimen taken 

 on January 15, 1921, at Zambiza, about 10 miles northeast of Quito, 

 and now in the Zoological Museum at Stockholm, Sweden. 



Egg dates. — British Columbia to Saskatchewan : 13 records. May 

 10 to June 18; 7 records, May 30 to June 14. 



Washington to Illinois: 29 records, April 19 to August 17; 14 

 records, May 23 to June 12. 



Iowa to Kansas and Colorado: 12 records, May 10 to July 14; 6 

 records, May 17 to June 5. 



California and Oregon: 68 records, March 17 to June 10; 34 rec- 

 ords, April 24 to May 11. 



Arizona to Oklahoma and Texas : 38 records, March 6 to July 9 ; 

 19 records, April 13 to May 25. 



BUTEO PLATYPTERUS PLATYPTERUS (Vieillot) 

 BROAD-WINGED HAWK 



HABITS 



In May, when the tender, freshly opened oak leaves are as big as 

 a crow's foot, when the farmer goes out to sow his corn, and when 

 the hosts of warblers are migrating through the treetops, then may 

 we look for the home secrets of the broadwings. They are gentle, 

 retiring, quiet birds of the deep forests. They are seldom seen in the 

 open country except when migrating or soaring in great circles over 

 their woodland homes. In my home territory, southeastern Massachu- 

 setts, we find them oftenest in the extensive hardwood forests of 

 chestnut (formerly), oaks, beech, and maples; occasionally a pair 

 makes its home in a maple swamp or in a narrow strip of mixed 

 woods along a stream; and often we have found them in forests of 



