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THE AMERICAN SPARROW HAWKE. 
(TINNUNCULUS SPARVERIUS.) 
Is not noticed by the authorities. A specimen of ‘T. Spar- 
verius’ was shot by a gamekeeper of the name of Hague, 
and is in the possession of Mr. Backhouse, who verified 
the story at the time. It was exhibited by Mr. Seebohm 
at the proceedings of the Zoological Society, Feb. 5, 1884. 
Lwo birds were shot at Helmsley, Yorkshire, one of them, 
however, was never retrieved. Does not the fact that 
there were ¢wo éirds seen at the same time and place 
prove, so far as such things can be proved, that they were 
not ‘escaped birds.’ 
The American Sparrow Hawk lays its eggs in hollow 
trees; they are five, 1.35 by 1.13. The five eggs which 
I possess are very pale, and have much more the appear- 
ance of ‘Falco’ than ‘Tinnunculus’, being like small pale 
varieties of F. Cenchris. They were taken froma hole in 
a tree by Mr. H. A. Mason, on May 27 and June 4, 1884, 
at Helena, Montana. They are nearly spherical. 
THE AMERICAN GOSHAWK. 
(AsTuR ATRICAPILLUS.) 
Admitted to the B.O.U. List. 
Noticed by Newton. 
Admitted by Seebohm. 
Professor Newton admitsthat ‘ three examples of this bird, 
two of which were adult females, have been killed in the 
British Islands,” also that it is ‘an allied yet distinct 
species.” funn © Paluml-arris 
My eggs from America are indistinguishable from 
those of the Palzearctic form. 
