The Oologist. 



Vol. XXVI. No. 2. Albion, N. Y. February, 1909. Whole No. 259 



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THE QUAIL TRAP. 



A Falconer of Today — C. L. Rawson, 

 in Norwich, Conn., .Bulletin. 

 The Quail Trap, Dec. l.^;, 1908— In 

 an article last spring on the present 

 dispersion of birds of prey in New 

 London county, I said that I could 

 take an even hundred eggs of Red- 

 shouldered Hawk in the month of 



April around this city, notwithstand- 

 ing the great loss of timber. Charles 

 Richards has not only backed up this 

 statement by a series of eggs of this 

 buteo with exceptionally bright mark- 

 ings, 'but he has taken sets of Great 

 Horned and Barred Owl, Red-tailed 

 and Cooper's Hawk, and an exquisite 

 series of sets of Sharp-shinned and 

 Broad-winged Hawks. The useful 

 marsh harriers were not disturbed. 



In his systematic and exhaustive 

 search, Mr. Richards has proved sev- 

 eral other important things hawk-wise 

 and his voluminous and accurate field 

 data accompanying these sets-'is not 

 only of interest to the local bird lover, 

 but establishes facts on the habits of 

 many birds not clearly shown before 

 in any of the so-called life histories. 



He has confirmed my old claim that 

 Norwich is in the center of the best 

 breeding section of the three species 

 of eastern buteos. His observation 

 agrees with my country notes that 

 there are two hundred birds within a 

 radius of a few miles of a suburban 

 city like Norwich, where one can ob- 

 serve but fifty in just as large a sec- 

 tion of rural Windham county. When 

 I can find only a dozen Red-wing's 

 nests up here, he can show one hun- 

 dred and twenty-five breeding pairs 

 not six miles from town. In local ra- 

 vines where I have not found a sin- 

 gle nest, of Louisiana Water Thrush, 

 Mr. Richards acquired knowled.ge of 

 this Warbler's habits and his educated 

 eye and ear led him to a dozen of 

 these hidden homes every year. 



The Sharp-shinned Hawk was once 

 abundant around this city, commonly 

 breeding within easy reach in low 



