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Another Pigeon Hawk in Maine in Winter. — I saw about noon, February 

 26, 1910, a Pigeon Hawk {Falco columbaritts) flying in a southerly direction 

 over Temple Street, Portland, not far above the tops of the buildings. 

 At the same time I noted a large flock of Enghsh Sparrows high in the air. 

 No doubt they had aided in attracting the hawk to this busy part of the 

 city. — Nathan Clifford Brown, Portland, Maine. 



Further Notes on the Occurrence of the Pigeon Hawk {Falco columbarius) 

 in Winter, near Portland, Maine. — On December 30, 1905, I saw at Fish 

 Point, the southeastern extremity of Portland, a Pigeon Hawk flying 

 toward the city. The next winter a male was shot at Westbrook, Maine, 

 on December 1 (1906), by Mr. Ralph H. Norton, and is preserved in the 

 writer's collection. A female in adult plumage was shot in Scarborough 

 on February 22, 1907, by Mr. J. H. Coalbroth. The latter case was 

 reported to me, and I visited Mr. Coalbroth a few days later and saw the 

 bird, freshly mounted for his collection. These occurrences are recorded 

 in Journ. Maine Orn. Soc, IX, p. 9. 



On December 11, 1908, I saw another in Deering's Oaks, Portland. 

 This one has been alluded to, without exact dates, by the late Wm. H. 

 Brownson, in the Portland 'Daily Advertiser' of January 2, 1909; also in 

 Journ. Maine Orn. Soc, XI, p. 10. In the same number of the 'Adver- 

 tiser' Mr. Brownson made another record, one seen by him at Delano Park, 

 Cape Elizabeth, "a few days later." I am able to furnish the exact date 

 as December 13. 



We therefore have with the record just made by Mr. N. C. Brown, six 

 known instances of the occurrence of the Pigeon Hawk in or near Portland, 

 Maine, between December 1 and March 1. — Arthur H. Norton, Portland, 

 Me. 



Barn Owl in Colorado. — On May 24, 1909, the carpenter of the cattle 

 ranch of i\Ir. Jacob Scherrer caught an adult-Barn Owl {Aluco pratincola) 

 in the barn of the home ranch, which is located about eighteen miles north 

 of Burlington, Colo., the exact location of this home ranch being in Sec. 

 36, T. 5 S., R. 4.5 W. This places the spot of record within a few miles 

 of the east line of Colorado. The bird Wi. s uninjured, in perfect plumage, 

 and was kept at the ranch a few days when it was killed and brought in the 

 flesh (May 29, 1909) to Mr. A. T. Allen, taxidermist, of Denver, at whose 

 place the undersigned saw it. The sex was undetermined. This is, 

 according to Cooke's List, the eleventh record for Colorado. — W. H. Berg- 

 TOLD, Denver, Colo. 



Snowy Owl in Yates County, N. Y. — Several times in the past five or six 

 winters I have been told of Snowy Owls (Nyctea nyctea) being seen on the 

 hills west of Branchport, N. Y., but have never had actual proof of one 

 being seen until Dec. 20, 1909, when a farmer shot and winged a heavily 

 barred female. He kept it alive for over a week when it died and he 

 brought it to me. — Verdi Burtch, Branchport, N. Y. 



