18 TH}': BIRDS OF SPRIXGFIEI.n AND VICINITY. 



3 1 6. 5Jenaidura macroura ( I^inn. ) . Mourning 

 Dove. A comincni suinmer, and a very rare winter, resident. 



325. Cathartes aura (I/inn.). Tukkev Vulture. 

 Accidental visitor. Dr. Wood notes the presence of one in 

 East Windsor, which is the only record. (vSee Merriam's Birds 

 of Connecticut, pa^a^e 92.) 



331. Circus hudsonius (I/inn.). Marsh Hawk. A 

 common si'jrinjj^ and autumn visitor, and a rare summer resi- 

 dent. 



332. Accipiter velox ( Wils. ). vS harp-shinned 

 H.AW'K. A common spring and autumn visitor, occasionally 

 breeds here, and is often seen in winter. This is the boldest 

 of our birds of prey. Some years ago while decoying ducks, I 

 saw one of these little hawks like a flash fasten itself to the 

 back of a wood duck that was fluttering over the decoys ; 

 what would have been the result of this encounter I cannot 

 say, as both were .shot while in this position. Once, while 

 watching a flock of juncos in a large oak tree, I saw one 

 of these hawks suddenly make a dart for them, and, selecting 

 its victim, chase the bird back and forth and round about 

 the branches of the tree until the poor junco fell to the ground 

 in a collapse from fright, as it had not been touched by the 

 hawk. 



333. Accipiter cooperii (Bonap. ). Cooper's Hawk. 



Tolerably common summer resident, but much more numerous 

 during migration ; rare in winter. This is the hawk that is .so 

 destructive to poultry in Western Ma.ssachu.setts, and for 

 its .sins many other useful kinds are made to suffer. 



334. Accipiter atricapillus ( Wils. ) . American 

 Goshawk. Irregular winter vi.-itor from the north, not 

 generally common. As the flesh of the ruffed grou.se is its 

 fa\'orite food, a large visitation of this hawk is not desirable. 



