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354. a Falco rusticolus gyrfalco (I/inn. ). (ivR- 

 FALCOX. Accidental \isit()r; Mr. K. (). Damon captured one 

 in Northampton, February, iSjli, which is the specimen in the 

 Science buildiui^". 



356. Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.). Dick 

 Hawk. A rare summer resident, breeding on several of the 

 mountain tops in this vicinity, includin,a^ Mt. Tom, where for 

 years its nests have been constantly rol:)bed. Notwithstanding 

 this, and the fact that a hotel has been built on the sununit, 

 with electric cars running to it, the Duck Hawk still ])ersists 

 in making this mountain its summer home. 



357. Falco columbarius I/inn. Pigeon Hawk. Rare 

 spring and autunui \isitor. Dr. William Wood was quite sure 

 that it bred in I{ast Windsor, but he had no positix^e e\'idence 

 of that fact. 



360. Falco sparverius lyinn. Americ.\n vSfar row- 

 Hawk. Conunon summer resident, not unconunon in winter 

 and more numerous at all .seasons than formerly. In 1S94, a 

 pair built their nest on a platform under the cornice of the 

 .six-stor\- l)uilding of the Morgan Envelope Company, on Har- 

 rison avenue, Springfield, where their young were successfully 

 raised, and nearly every year .since I have .seen a pair through 

 the breeding -sea.son, near the bu.siness center of Springfield; 

 one year they adopted the steeple of the First church as their 

 home, where they could be .seen every day. Two or three 

 winters ago, a large bag of oats was broken open and the con- 

 tents scattered in the \-ard of m\- unused ])arn at Tatham, in 

 West Springfield, and to feed on this grain, mice gathered in 

 such great numbers that the barn was overrun with them. 

 In March, a pair of .S])arrow Hawks, finding their food supply 

 .so abundant, drove out a pair of doves, that were breeding in 

 an apartment of a cote attached to the barn, and there laid their 

 eggs. Though the male was killed, the female persisted, and 

 at the end of thirt\-four days the young were hatched and 

 successfulh' rai.sed. During the time of incul)ation and the 

 raising of the vomig, none of the wild birils in the \icinitv 



