Notes on the Birds. a4 
82. AQUILA CHRYSAETOS (Linnweus). GOLDEN EAGLE. (349) 
Rare straggler. One killed in the eastern part of Carroll County in De- 
cember, 1883. One seen near Terre Haute in the fall of 1887. A young 
female sent us November 22, 1889, from Bloomington by Moses Kahn of 
that place. These are the only records I have for the three counties. 
3. HALIAETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS LEUCOCEPHALUS (Linneus). 
BALD EAGLE. (352) 
Not infrequent as a winter visitor. 
Carroll County: One seen near Camden in March, 1879; a young one seen 
just west of Pittsburg, November 21, 1883, and another young bird shot in 
Washington Township in January, 1854, by David J. Hardy; about the 
same time another was caught alive in White County and brought to Delphi; 
an adult seen near Bald Hill Church in Democrat Township about Febru- 
ary 15, 1885, by James H. Shaffer; another adult was shot near Rossville 
the preceding month; a fine adult male was caught in a steel trap near 
Pyrmont February 20, 1885, and brought to us by our friend James H. Lyons 
on March 28, it having died; still another adult was killed about this time 
near Pittsburg by a Mr. McCord. 
Vigo County: Seen occasionally along the Wabash in fall and winter. 
One at Durkee’s Ferry in September, 1889. No definite records for Monroe 
County, though it doubtless occurs there. 
It is said a pair of Bald Eagles nested on the Kankakee in northwest In- 
diana recently, but this report has not been verified. Of frequent occur- 
rence at Lake Maxinkuckee. 
84. FALCO SPARVERIUS SPARVERIUS Linnzeus. SPARROWHAWK. (360) 
Of all the hawks found in the counties covered by this paper, the Spar- 
rowhawk is the most abundant, best known, and most useful. It is a per- 
manent resident in all the counties, usually rare in winter but very common 
in summer. 
On every farm one or more pairs of sparrowhawks could be found. A 
favorite resting place for them is on the top of some fence stake at the 
edge of a meadow or other field; another is on a limb near the top of some 
old dead tree at the edge of the woods. From such vantage points as these 
they watch the fields and open places for any luckless frog, snake, or field 
mouse that ventures into the open. At other times they may be seen flying 
about over the fields searching for their prey, now and then “hovering”, 
that is, remaining stationary in the air over some particular spot which 
they wish to examine more carefully. If any suitable prey is seen, the 
Sparrowhawk drops upon it with incredible swiftness, seizes it in its talons, 
and flies away with it to some convenient perch and proceeds to make a 
meal of it. Gartersnakes are among the most frequent victims of the 
Sparrowhawk, and field mice come next among vertebrates. But grasshop- 
pers and other insects constitute a large part of the food of this hawk. I 
have never seen a Sparrowhawk catch a bird of any kind; if they ever do 
it must be very rarely indeed. 
