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ern part of the region. It is pretty certain tliat this eagle is a wan- 

 derer from other regions. 



94. Halia'ctiis IcucocephaUis. — Bald Eagle. 



Breeding pairs actually known are situated as follows: One in 

 the extreme northeastern part of the region : one at Oak Point, about 

 seven miles west of the first one mentioned ; one about two miles 

 up stream from the mouth of Vermillion River, about seven miles 

 from the Oak Point nest ; one near Rye Beach, near the east end of 

 the marshes ; one west of Marblehead ; one on each of the following 

 islands : Kelley's, Put-in-Bay, North Bass. This eagle is therefore 

 a familiar bird over the whole region under discussion. About two- 

 thirds of the nesting birds have the adult white head and tail from 

 year to year. Apparently most of the pairs raise two young each 

 year, so that several eagles must leave the region between one nest- 

 ing period and the next. In the summer and autumn Immature 

 birds are seen more often than mature ones. Some may be killed 

 by gunueiis, but if so they are careful to keep the occurrence a se- 

 cret, for the penalties for killing an eagle are severe. Because there 

 are practically no Ospreys nesting in the region the eagles are un- 

 der the necessity of doing their own fishing or food capturing. That 

 the eagles do catch live fish well out in the lake is proved by many 

 observations. I have often suspected, however, that the most of 

 the fish captured are those thrown out of the nets, which are nu- 

 merous in the region of the sand spit — fish that were more dead 

 than alive. I have never seen an eagle eating the fish cast up on 

 the beach. When there is more ice than water surface eagles may 

 be seen perched convenient to a water hole awaiting a favorable 

 opportunity to make a capture. Fully adult Bald Eagles make use 

 of the nest the year round, often occupying it together. They are 

 ugly birds to be near when there are young in the nest, and would 

 better be given large room. The constant increase in the bulk of the 

 nest by the annual addition of nest material seems finally to result 

 in the death of the nest tree and the consequent destruction of the 

 nest when the tree falls. The nest at Oak Point and that at Rye 

 Beach have thus been changed once in fifteen years. 



95. Falco peregrinus anatum. — Duck Hawk. 



There is a specimen in the collection of Mr. A. Hengartner, of 

 Lorain, which was captured "Along the lake shore" in 1896. It has 

 never been my fortune to meet this bird. There can be little doubt 

 that it visits the region occasionally. 



96. Falco columharius. — Pigeon Hawk. 



Decidedly scarce. There was one bird ranging along the middle 

 reaches of the sand spit during the whole spring of 1908, apparently 



