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In 1S89, April 24, I again found their nest in a tall pine, 

 almost where I had found it in 1S84. These eggs, which were 

 four in number and almost fresh, were procured by Mr. N. A. 

 Francis. They were, however, entirely different from those I 

 had found in previous years, and of a more ordinary type : and 

 the nest, too, was less surrounded by feathers, probably on 

 account of the shortness of the time that the birds had been setting. 

 Perhaps the old female Hawk had been shot. If she had not, she 

 had entirely changed her views with regard to egg coloration. 



In iScpand 1S91, I again observed these birds in the same 

 locality, but was unable to find their nests, owing to the size of 

 their territory, and the fact that they were apt to build in decidu- 

 ous trees. One can easily examine all the evergreens in the 

 vicinity, as there are comparatively few, but deciduous trees are 

 often too numerous. 1 



On April 24, 1S92, I, however, found the nest again, near 

 where I had found it in 1SS6. This time they had built in a pine, 

 and about 75 feet from the ground. The eggs, four in number, 

 and about one-fourth hatched, were similar to those procured 

 in 1S89; and as the female appeared to be much tamer than the 

 one that built here in '84, '85, and '86, I concluded that per- 

 haps I was right in inferring that she was new, and that her 

 predecessor had perhaps been shot sometime during the year 1SS7. 



During the winter of '92 and '93, most of the country through 

 which this pair had been accustomed to hunt was denuded of 

 trees, and it was not till late in June that I finally discovered that 

 these Hawks had built in a large swamp, near to their nestino- 

 places of 18S4 and 1SS9. 



So it can be seen that this pair had a strict liking for one 

 locality, even if that was an extended one. They invariablv 

 built in very large trees, three times in high and spindling pines, 

 once in an enormous oak, and once in a tall chestnut. They are 

 extremely shy and wary and very quiet. 



1 Since writing the above, Mr. A. L. Reagh, who lives in West Roxbury, has 

 written me that in 1890 and 1891 this pair built in what was probably the same enor- 

 mous chestnut that they had built in in 1885. He knows that they raised the 1890 

 brood, and is quite positive that they also raised the 1891 brood, as he saw young 

 Hawks around there in the summer. 1 did not visit this tree in these years, as a 

 house had been built near by, and I thought that the Hawk-, would probably build 

 farther off. 

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