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pened, for he produced the hawk which he had shot and thrown 

 on the woodpile. It was an adult Goshawk. 



Mr. C. E. Dionne, of Laval University, Quebec, in a letter written 

 March 6, 1907, states that the Goshawks have been abundant this 

 winter in his locality. He had examined eight specimens of both 

 sexes, all of which were in adult plumage. 



Mr. Cash writes that a female killed at West Mansfield, Mass., 

 Dec. 22, 1906, had descended into a poultry yard, fastened on to a 

 large hen, and in attempting to escape with the prize, collided 

 with a wire netting so forcibly that the scalp was torn away from 

 the base of the bill to beyond the eyes. She was picked up stunned. 



Mr. George R. White, Ottawa, Ont., writes under date of Feb. 

 25, 1907: "The Goshawk was very abundant last fall during the 

 last of October and the beginning of November, large numbers 

 being seen. At Kingston, Ont., regular flights were observed 

 during the first week in November, while they were very common 

 all the month of November." 



Mr. J. H. Fleming, Toronto, Ont., writes under date of Feb. 20, 

 1907, that the Goshawks first reached his territory early in Novem- 

 ber, 1906, and were still scattered through the Province. He 

 states that this flight was possibly not a quarter as large as that 

 which occurred in 1896 and recorded by him (Auk, Vol. XXIV, p. 

 72), but has lasted longer. All specimens taken were adult birds, 

 and the first arrivals were stuffed with flickers. Mr. Fleming 

 also states that there have been no rabbits in the far north this 

 winter, and the past season has been the worst known in Ontario 

 for Ruffed Grouse. 



Mr. Lou J. Eppinger, taxidermist, Detroit, Mich., writes under 

 date of Jan. 31, 1907: "Goshawks are very plentiful and seem to 

 be all over this part of the State. Most of them are in mature 

 plumage, while the few which I received last year were all immature 

 birds." 



Mr. W. C. Kaempfer, taxidermist, Chicago, 111., informs me that 

 only a single specimen has been received by him from Illinois 

 (Melrose Park, Nov. 30, 1906), a few others having been sent from 

 Wisconsin and Michigan. 



Mr. Henry W. Howling, taxidermist, Minneapolis, Minn., under 

 date of Feb. 7, 1907, writes that he rarely receives more than 



