534 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol.88 



Family ACCIPITRIDAE 



ACCIPITER STRIATUS VELOX (Wilson) : Sharp-shinned Hawk 



Two immature birds were taken near Canton, November 1, and 

 11 miles south of Brownsville, November 11. One was seen on Shady 

 Spur, 7 miles west of Middlesboro, on September 17. 



BUTEO JAMAICENSIS BOREALIS (Gmelin) : Eastern Red-tailed Hawk 



During the breeding season one of these hawks w^as seen on June 10 

 near Monticello, and others at about 4,000 feet elevation on Black 

 Mountain, 4 miles southeast of Lynch, June 25 and 30. On Log 

 Mountain, 7 miles west of Middlesboro, one or tw^o were seen on nearly 

 every visit between September 19 and 26. An adult and an immature 

 bird were taken here. The only other one recorded was seen near 

 Canton, Trigg County, on November 1. 



BUTEO LINEATUS LINEATUS (Gmelin) : Northern Red-shouldered Hawk 



Records for this hawk are as follows: Hickman, May 21 and 28; 

 Canton, November 1; Cerulean Springs, November 5; Madisonville, 

 October 22; Sacramento, October 17; Uniontown, May 10, 13, and 

 17; Waverly, May 12; Belfry, Pike County, July 5. 



Tw^o males and one female, taken near the northern extremity of 

 Reelfoot Lake, 41/2 miles southwest of Hickman, in dark color are 

 typical of the northern race. They measure as follows : Males, wing 

 308, 309, tail 191, 205, culmen from cere 21.5, 22.5, tarsus 80.5, 



85.6 mm.; female, wing 342, tail 204, culmen from cere 23.1, tarsus 



88.7 mm. A young male not quite grown was taken from the nest 

 at this point on May 28. Near Uniontown a female was shot on 

 May 13 that is in the streaked plumage of the immature stage, con- 

 siderably worn. 



CIRCUS CYANEUS HUDSONIUS (Linnaeus) : Marsh Hawk 



Single birds were seen at Roundhill on November 9 and near Rich- 

 mond on October 4. 



PANDION HALIAETUS CAROLINENSIS : Osprey 



One was seen at Rock Haven, Meade County, April 25. 

 Family FALCONIDAE 



FALCO PEREGRINUS ANATUM Bonaparte: Duck Hawk 



One was seen 4 miles east of Monticello, June 14. 



FALCO COLUMBARIUS COLUMBARIUS Linnaeus: Eastern Pigeon Hawk 



One was seen on September 22 by H. G. Deignan near the fire tower 

 on the summit of Log Mountain west of Middlesboro. 



