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During the past thirty years that I have spent in observing birds, this 

 is the first instance that I have ever detected this hawk in the winter. — 

 Arthur T. Wayne, Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



Recent Winter Occurrences of Two Hawks in Maine. — Evidence 

 accumulates to the effect that the Pigeon Hawk (Falco columbarius colum- 

 barius) is to be found in Maine in winter more often than has generally 

 been supposed. 1 I saw it twice during the season of 1910-1911 at Portland. 

 On January 24, 1911, at 11 a. m., one flew across Temple Street, in the 

 heart of the business section of the city, distant about a hundred yards 

 from the window at which I was standing, rose gradually and disappeared 

 towards the west. On February 7, at 3.30 p. m., during a snowstorm, 

 one flew down Middle Street, passing the same window within about 

 thirty feet and clearly indicating the plumage of immaturity. 



The chances are that the Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter velox) is also 

 a more frequent visitor in Maine in winter than it has been thought, for 

 there has not been a great deal of systematic observation here at that season. 



1 believe that only three trustworthy records of its appearance have yet 

 been made, 2 though it is stated in the Journal of the Maine Ornithological 

 Society, Vol. XI, pages 15 and 16, by Miss Nellie F. Dunton, that she saw 

 a Hawk, " probably a Sharp-shinned," in winter at Winnegance. I 

 happened upon a fourth instance, February 11, 1911, when I saw one of 

 these Hawks near the western end of Danforth Street, Portland, about 



2 p.m. It perched for a few moments in a tree overlooking the harbor, 

 then flew away in the direction of Cape Elizabeth. — Nathan Clifford 

 Brown, Portland, Maine. 



The Saw-whet Owl in Georgia. — On January 1, 1911, I procured a 

 fine specimen of the Saw- whet Owl. It was a female in what seems to me 

 to be an extremely gray phase of plumage. The reddish tinge on the back 

 and wings is so very slight as almost to require a stretch of the imagination 

 to see any red or brown there. The streaks on the breast are, however, 

 fairly ochraceous. It was an old bird, measuring 1\ inches. The ovaries 

 were numerous and some of them swollen to the size of No. 6 or No. 8 shot. 

 No traces of undigested food could be found. 



The locality was a small island known as Buck Hummock, just south of 

 Tybee. The bird sat quite still in a clump of bushes and showed no uneasi- 

 ness at our presence. In fact my companion had ascended and descended 

 a large pine tree after eagle's eggs, passing within six feet of the little owl, 

 and we did not discover it until we were seated on the ground lunching. 

 The specimen has been mounted for Mr. W. J. DeRenne of this city, 

 owner of the Wormsloe collection. 



» Norton, Auk, XXVII, p. 207; Brown, 1. c. 



2 Smith, Forest and Stream, XX, pp. 24-25; Brownson, Journ. Me. Orn. Soc, 

 VII, p. 21; Norton, ibid., IX, p. 9. 



