FALCONID^ — THE FALCONS. 



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Habtts. The Broad-winged Hawk appears to be distributed over eastern 

 North America, somewhat irregularly, as far north as the British Provinces, 

 and as far west at least as the Mis- 

 sissippi. It has been found in Flor- 

 ida by Mr. Wurderaann, where it 

 was said to be not uncommon. It 

 is a resident in Cuba, where it 

 breeds ; but it has not been taken 

 in Jamaica. It has also been de- 

 tected in Guatemala by Mr. Skin- 

 ner. Audubon states that he never 

 met with it in Louisiana, but Mr. 

 Dresser found it not uncommon 

 from the Nueces eastward. In Sep- 

 tember he noticed several near the 

 Mission of San Patricio, and during 

 the winter obtained several speci- 

 mens near San Antonio. In May 

 he shot a young bird on the Medina 

 Eiver, and early in June he found 

 a nest containing young on the 



Biiteo pennsylvanicus. 



Colorado. It was on a high cot- 



tonwood-tree, and in an almost inaccessible position. 



It is not mentioned by Mr. Downes as occurring in Nova Scotia, though I 

 think it quite probable it may be found there ; but it is quite common near 

 Calais, both in Eastern Maine and in New Brunswick. Professor Verrill 

 gives it as a common summer visitant in Oxford County, Me., near Norway, 

 and as still more abundant near the Umbagog Lakes, and apparently the 

 most common Hawk in that vicinity. He found its nest, June 12, contain- 

 ing two eggs nearly hatched. It is to be met with throughout Massachusetts, 

 having been found breeding near Williamstown, Springfield, and also in the 

 vicinity of Boston. Its nest was also met with in Middlebury, Vt., by the 

 late Professor Adams. Mr. IVIcIlwraith, of Hamilton, Canada, has noted 

 extensive migrations of this Hawk in March of different years, as many as 

 twenty or thirty being in view at one time, passing at a considerable height, 

 and moving in circles towards the northwest. Others, that appeared to 

 be stragglers from the main body, were met with in the woods. Dr. Hoy 

 states it to be rather common near Racine, and Mr. Kumlien has ob- 

 tained it in the vicinity of Lake Koskonong. From all these data it may 

 naturally be inferred that this Hawk has a pretty general distribution from 

 Florida to Texas, and from New Brunswick to the ]\Iississippi Valley, prob- 

 ably extending northward into the Saskatchewan Valley and south-westerly 

 to Central America. 



The Broad-winged Hawk was first described by Wilson, who shot a single 



