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XXIX. An Account of the Birds sent from 

 Hudson's Bay ; with Observations relative 

 to their Natural History ; a7id Latin De- 

 scriptions of some of the most uncommon. 

 By J. R. Forster, F. R. S. 



Read June i8 — 25, 1772. 



I. Land-Birds. 



f Accipitres 



\ Rapacious. Faun. Am. Sept. 



I. 



I. Falco, I I. Columbarius. 128. 21. Pigeon Hawk. 

 Falcon, j Faun. Am. Sept. p. 9. Catesby L t. 3. 

 Epervier de la Caroline. Brisson L p. 378. 



Severn river, N° 19. 



This species is called a small-bii^d hawk at Hud- 

 son's Bay. It is migratory, arriving near Se- 

 vern River in May, breeding on the- coast, 

 and then retiring to a warmer climate in 

 autumn. It feeds on small birds ; and, on 

 the approach of any person, will fly in circles, 

 making a hideous shrieking noise. The breast 



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