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some secluded spot to feed upon it. I have 
also seen them chase crippled ducks and make 
a meal off of them; they frequent mostly the 
ducking grounds. I have seen them very plenty 
in the Western States, and on the lakes where 
the ducks breed. I have found them breeding 
in New Jersey, near Beesley’s Point, also on the 
the eastern shores of Maryland, and ia Iowa and 
Minnesota, but have never found more than two 
eggs ina nest. The young in the Fall plumage 
is without the white head and tail, and some- 
times is very dark, almost black, varying very 
much in size “I> had'one ‘from Beesleyr 
Point that measured eight feet, six inches from 
tip to tip; then I have had them that only 
measured five feet, six inches. I have seen them 
in company with the Turkey Buzzard, feeding on 
the carcasses of dead horses and other dead 
animals. They build their nests on high trees 
and cliffs—eges four in number. 
Pandion Carolinesis—BRon. 
Fish Hawk. 
The Fish Hawk arrives with us in the month 
of March, and is looked upon as a welcome 
visitor; it breeds along the coast from New 
Jersey southward, and is very seldom seen in the 
inland. I have seen but one specimen in the 
western country, and that was on the Mississippi 
River. It is not as plenty along the coast of 
New Jersey since the establishing of watering- 
