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them to Mr. E. D. Ochsner, taxidermist of Prairie du Sac. Three of these 
were mounted, and are in his collection. The other two, both males in full 
plumage, he very kindly gave to me, and they are mounted, and in my pos- 
session. Kumlein and Hollister (Birds of Wisconsin, 1903, p. 6) give three 
records for this species for Wisconsin. 
2. Coturnicops noveboracensis. YrLLow Rai.— One specimen, 
a female, was caught in Sumpter, Sauk County, April 23, 1908. The 
bird was observed in a plowed field, and after a lively chase, was captured 
by Mr. A. O. Wagner and the writer, and is mounted in my collection. 
Another, a male in beautiful plumage, was collected across the river in 
Columbia County, May 1, 1911. 
3. Astur atricapillus atricapillus. American GosHawK.— Large 
numbers of this species appeared in Sauk County early in the winter of 
1907-08. I took four specimens in a single trap on the following dates: 
one female, Dec. 6, one female Dec. 13, one male Jan. 9, and one male 
Feb. 20. These, with at least a dozen other specimens handled in the flesh, 
were all in the adult plumage. A number were also observed in the woods 
during the winter, and from the numerous remains of their feasts on 
Grouse and Quail, the game must have suffered greatly during their 
stay. Have one record also for 1906, an adult female, taken Nov. 10. 
One specimen was also seen June 3, 1911. The identification of this speci- 
men was positive, as it flew across in front of me, giving a good view of the 
breast. 
4. Accipiter cooperi. Cooprr’s Hawx.— As this hawk is generally 
considered as a summer resident only, the following record may be of inter- 
est. An adult male in full plumage taken Feb. 5, 1907, in Sumpter, Sauk 
County. 
5. Buteo lineatus lineatus. Rep-sHouULDERED Hawx.— While 
this species is far from common, a few pairs breed in the heavy timber along 
the Wisconsin River, and Honey Creek in Sauk County. A nest, four 
young in the downy stage, and one addled egg taken May 18, 1911; an . 
adult male and female and three partly feathered young taken June 15, 
1913. 
6. Falco peregrinus anatum. Duck Hawx.— A nest of this hawk 
was located May 10, 1911, on a ledge on the face of a nearly perpendicular 
sandstone bluff, overlooking the Wisconsin River, on the Sauk County side. 
The nest was only a slightly hollowed out spot in the sand, overlaying 
the sandstone, and contained two eggs. Ten days later the adult female, 
one egg and one downy young were collected. Mr. Bert Laws, a keen 
observer, who lives just across the river from this bluff, and who was instru- 
mental in the location of the nest, tells me that nearly every season, for 
about twenty-five years to his knowledge, a pair of these birds have nested 
on this, or one of the adjoining bluffs. This pair made no attempt to defend 
their nest, but flew about screaming. The female struck and chased away a 
Red-tail Hawk, whose circling brought it too close to the Duck Hawk eyrie. 
These Red-tails had their nest on a rock ledge of another bluff less than a 
