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McNider on April 29, 1898. This is the hawk whose inroads 
on the poultry yard are most destructive. 
24. BuTEO LINEATUR (Gmel.) Red-shouldered Hawk. While 
it seems reasonable to think this would be a common bird here 
only one pair have come to my notice. During the spring of 
1898 a pair were often watched as they circled through the 
air above the grove south of the University campus. 
On May 9, 1899, I took from their nest in a pine tree, thirty 
feet from the ground, a clutch of two handsomely marked 
eggs. Incubation was well advanced at this date. 
25. Burro LATissimus (Wils.) Broad-winged Hawk: The 
only one of this species known to have been taken at Chapel 
Hill is the one brought to me for identification by Mr. George 
McNider on April 15, 1899, which specimen is still retained in 
his private collection. It was a female and was shot a few 
miles south of here. Its stomach contained the remains of a 
frog and a quantity of bird feathers. 
26. HALIAEERUS LEUCOCEPHALUS(Linn.) Bald Eagle; Amer- 
ican Kagle. On March 27, 1898, I watched an adult bald ea- 
gle circling about in the air near the northwestern entrance 
of Battle’s Park. As the bird was not over one hundred yards 
above the earth at the time, its white head, neck and tail 
could be easily seen. It must be regarded as a very rare bird 
in this section, 
27. FALCO SPARVERIUS (Linn.) American Sparrow Hawk; 
A moderately common resident hawk. Three fresh eggs 
were found in a nest located in the cavity of a dead pine tree 
in May, 1898, by Mr. K. H. Hartley. For the past two years 
a pair of these birds have spent the winter months on the 
University campus. Their favorite roost was under the eaves 
of the New Kast Building. 
Family Beronidae. 
28. SYRNIUM NEBULOSUM (Forst.) Barred Owl; Hoot Owl, 
Have frequently heard them calling in Battle’s Park, and Jan- 
uary 18, 1899, a male, which had been wounded, was brought 
into the Biological Laboratory. 
29. Macascors asio (Linn.) Little Screech Owl. The 
