March, 1S93.] 



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those peculiar screams of the Duck Hawks 

 as they sailed there in midair, caused me 

 to reflect for a time of the omnipresence and 

 wonderful power of the Creator. 



Finally, with my treasures safely packed 

 in a tin box, I made my return. Two weeks 

 later found me in the same place. The 

 Hawks were still there and went through the 

 same manoeuvres, but there were no eggs in 

 the nest. On July 11 I again went up the 

 mountain and saw the Hawks as before. 

 After going to the old nest and finding it 

 empty, I made up my mind that they had 

 young somewhere in the cliff, .\fter three 

 hours' hard work and climbing, I at last 

 found the site of the new eyrie, but could not 

 get to it with the aid of the rope. I could, 

 however, see that there were three young 

 birds in the nest, and there may have been 

 another, as I could not see the rear ]5art of 

 the nest. 



From the remains found some distance 

 below the nest, it was evident that the young 

 had been fed on Grouse, Chicken and Doves. 



The Duck Hawk leaves here sometime 

 in November. I might add that I saw one 

 pair on Mt. Tom this summer. They prob- 

 ably raised young there, but I could not find 

 the nesting place. /. C. Greene. 



The Pine Grosbeak in Michigan. 



Of the winter birds of Michigan there are 

 eighty-five or more, and in Kalamazoo 

 County about 42° north latitude and 85° 

 west longitude there are sixty-eight species 

 known to be found in winter. These are 

 divided into permanent residents, sixteen in 

 number; half-hardy numbering thirty-two, 

 and winter visitants twenty. Under this 

 last division are embraced many birds, which 

 are not constant in their \isitalion, and which 

 may be recorded as unusual, or stragglers 

 from the north. Of these irregular visitors, 

 none are more uncertain in their appearance 

 than the Pine Grosbeak. It may be that 

 the species is a winter sojourner in our state 



each 5'ear, but this has not, as yet, been 

 ]iroven. However the records show that the 

 bird has occurred during successive years, 

 and this is enough to suggest an appearance 

 each season at some point. 



In 1869 it appeared in Kent County, about 

 42° north latitude. In 1870 the species was 

 abundant in Cass and Calhoun Counties, 

 about 42°; 1 87 1 found the birds in Van 

 Buren County, 42° ; 1872 and 1873 give no 

 records in the state that I can find. In 

 January, 1874, the birds appeared for the 

 first time in Kalamazoo County in small 

 flocks. In December, 1874, they again ap- 

 peared, but in large flocks, and remained 

 with us till late in February, 1875. Flocks 

 also appeared in Washtenaw County, 42°, in 

 winter of 1874-75, one hundred miles east 

 of Kalamazoo, but the s]3ecies was not seen 

 again in that neigborhood, Ann Arbor, up to 

 1 88 1. There are no records that I can find 

 for 1876, 1877, or of any other year, in the 

 state, excepting that of Kent County, where 

 the birds were abundant in the winter of 

 1878-79. Since the date of 1879, I can 

 secure no account of the appearance of this 

 bird, although I doubt not that they have 

 appeared in an irregular way in many parts 

 of the state. If cold weather is the cause 

 of their irregular southern migration, then 

 the present winter of 1892-93, which is very 

 severe, with deep snow, would give promise 

 of their appearance. But though the species 

 appeared in the east in large numbers, par- 

 ticularly in New England, they have not 

 been seen to niy knowledge in southern 

 Michigan this season. 



Going back and examining the old cata- 

 logues of Michigan birds we find that nearly 

 all our state or local records, especially the 

 earlier ones, omit this species.* Sager's 

 pioneer list of 1893, document of house of 

 representatives, omits it, as does also J. E. 

 Cabot, 1850. In fact, half of the collectors 



* This is strange, when the early collectors had taken the 

 equally rare Evening Grosbeak as a Michigan bird. Tn fact, 

 the latter was first discovered in this region, and first described 

 from specimens secured at the foot of Lake Superior in 1813. 



