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sort are eagerly eaten. They catch quite a bit of their prey on the 

 wing, and I have seen them thus take quantities of adult currant 

 saw-flies, while they also eat large numbers of the larvae of the 

 currant saw-fly. The male bird sometimes assists in the work of 

 incubation and very rarely indeed even sings while on the nest. He 

 frequently visits and feeds the female while she is incubating, and, 

 in fact, seems a very model and affectionate husband. 



The Occurrence of two Small Hawks in Winter 

 near Portland, Me. 



By Arthur H. Norton, Portland. 



For some years past I have been made aware of the occasional 

 occurrence in winter of small Hawks in this vicinity. Particular 

 instances now recalled were in 1892, during the incursion of Pine 

 Grosbeaks, when a small Hawk was seen Dec. 19th by my brother, 

 Mr. Ralph Norton, to swoop upon a cage containing two of the Gros- 

 beaks. Again in 1905 a vSharp-shinned Hawk was reported to be win- 

 tering in the western part of Portland, and on February 5, 1905, it 

 was identified by Mr. Wm. H. Brownson/ who saw it alive and free. 

 Still again on December 30, 1905, I saw at the eastern shore of 

 Portland what I feel sure was a Pigeon Hawk, flying by toward the 

 city. 



Both of these species have come to hand this winter in a more 

 satisfactory w^ay. On December i, 1906, Mr. Ralph Norton shot a 

 male Falco columbarius at Westbrook, Me. Its bodily condition was 

 excellent. Its skin is now in my collection. On February 22, 1907, 

 J. A. Coolbroth shot a female of the same species in Scarborough. 

 It is in adult plumage, and is preserved in Mr. Coolbroth 's collec- 

 tion. On January 31, 1907, an individual of Accipiter velox flew into 

 the grain mill at Westbrook (probably after English Sparrows) and 

 was taken alive. I saw it on Feb. 3rd, after it had died, still in 

 rigor mortis, its bright eye hardly faded. 



^Portland Daily Advertiser, February 11, 1905; also Journal Maine Orni- 

 thological Society, Vol. VII, p. 21. 



