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York county, state lliat il is a i.-Kular breeder 

 on the high cliflfs alxmt the Sns(nieliaiiua. t'oncernin^' 

 the bird Mr. George Miller fnrnishes the following 

 notes: "Found nest of Duck Hawk April 7, 1880. It 

 contained four eggs slightly incubated; hawk on nest 

 when discovered, along Susquehanna river near mouth 

 of Codorus ci-eek. Nest about one-third down from 

 top of a high cliff on shelf with overhanging rock; nest 

 made of rocky debris found lying about. Remains of 

 birds, such as tame pigeons, flickers, blackbirds, etc., 

 upon which the Duck Hawks had evidently been feed 

 ing, were found plentifully scattered over the rocks. 



I shot the male soon after collecting the eggs, and 

 have it now in my collection of birds."" Dr. W. L. 

 Hartman, of Luzerne county, says: 



"The Great-footed or Duck Hawk breeds regularly 

 in this locality (Pitlston) in an almost inaccessible 

 ledge of rocks." Mr. Thomas S, Gillin, Ambler, Mont- 

 gomery county, says: "I have liad many opportunities 

 of observing them, having shot twelve inside of a ra- 

 dius of five miles of this place; in fact see them regu 

 larly, and know of two nesting places in this state." 

 Dr. T. Z. Hazzard. Allegheny county; Mr. O. B. Hark. 

 Xorthamplon county, and W. P. Bolton. Montgomery 

 county, also mention it as a breeder. Dr. John W. 

 Detwiller and Mr. Samuel Mack, both residents of 

 liethlehem. have, on different occasions, found Duck 

 Hawks' nesls. Witli regard to their breeding in this 

 State, Dr. Detwiller (letter November 2, 1889), says: 

 "Duck Hawk: secured set of four eggs from the cliffs 

 of Camel's Ledge, Pittston, 1880; 1886, secured two. 

 sets of four eggs in each set, one at Skinner's Eddy and 

 the other at Buttermilk Falls, Susquehanna river 

 (East Branch). 1887, secured a set of four eggs, and 



