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3. Red-tailed Hawk {Buteo borealis). One nest con- 

 tainino; two eggs was found by myself in Bertie county, 

 1888. 



4. Broad-winged Hawk (liulco lafissiifiits). Breeds in 

 middle and western sections. (Brimley and Cairns). 



5. American Sparrow Hawk {Falco sparDeriiis). Nests 

 have been found in all sections; I have noted several in 

 the east. 



6. American Ospre>' {Pandion halicetiis carolineusis). 

 Have noted two nests in Bertie count\- and seen young- 

 ones several times; reported breeding along the larger 

 streams of the west by Cairns. 



7. Black-billed Cuckoo {^Coccyzus erythrothahnus). 

 Reported breeding in Wake county by Brimley; Cairns 

 says that it breeds during some seasons in the mountains. 



8. Belted Kingfisher [Ceryle alcyoii). I found a nest 

 containing seven eggs in 1889, which was placed at the 

 end of a burrow in a bank on the Cashie Ri\'er near its 

 mouth; breeds in the west. (Cairns). 



9. Hair}- Woodpecker ^Dryobntes villosiis). Said to 

 breed in the higher mountains of the west by Cairns. 



10. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker {Sphyrapiais z'an'us). 

 Reported breeding by Cairns in Buncombe county on 

 higher mountains. 



11. Red-headed Woodpecker {^Melaucrpes erypJirocepJi- 

 aliis). Found commonly breeding in all sections. 



12. Red-bellied Woodpecker {Alelancrpes caroliniis). 

 Rather rare breeder in all sections of the vState, 



13. Chuck-wilTs-widow ^Antrostoiiius carolinensis). 

 Three nests, containing two eggs each, were found by 

 my.self in Bertie county; one in 1888 and two in 1891. 



14. Night-hawk {Chordei/es virginiaujis). Found breed- 

 ing in the eastern section by myself. 



15. Least Flycatcher {Einpidonax DiimDius). Reported 

 as a rare breeder in mountains bv Cairns. 



