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of thcni when they were frig-htened away. In the afternoon 

 they returned, when the farmer, armed with a shotgun, killed 

 this one, the mate then disappearing. After lying around 

 for several days the hawk was brought to town and given to 

 me. To the farmer it was a chicken hawk, and it was noth- 

 ing more. I am familiar, as you know, with most of the 

 hawks we have about here, and to me it looked different. So 

 I thought it ought to be preserved. Accordingly I sent it to 

 you. I can vouch for these facts and will furnish affidavits 

 if necessary to satisfy any doubting naturalist." 



In my taxidermist's note-book there is the following record 

 of the mounting of this hawk : Note-book No. 3339, A. O. 

 U. No. 335. Common name, Harris Hawk. Scientific name. 

 Parabuteo uuicijictiis harrisi. Sex, male. Collector, J. H. 

 McKinley. Locality, Harrisburg, Ohio. Date, December 24, 

 1917. Measurements: Length, 20.5 inches; stretch, 41 

 inches ; wing\ 12.75 inches ; tail, 9.5 inches ; tarsus, 3.5 inches. 

 Date oi mounting, December 31st, 1917. Remarks: Rare or 

 accidental. Probably first recorded capture of this species 

 in Ohio. 



Description. General color, a rusty black; upper and un- 

 der shoulder coverts aijd leg feathers, a reddish brown ; tail 

 blackish, but base white and broadly tipped with white ; up- 

 per and under tail coverts white, concealing white base. Size 

 of specimen about that of a red-shouldered hawk. 



Range. The range of the Harris hawk is said to be Pan- 

 ama north to southern Texas, rarely southern Mississippi 

 and southern California. It is a remarkable coincidence in 

 name that a Harris hawk should have been first taken near 

 Harrishuvg, Ohio. 



On February 5, 1918, the specimen was sent gratuitously 

 to Professor Lynds Jones, who has placed it in the museum 

 of Oberlin College, 



