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Bob-White. Quail. Colinus Virginianus. Quasoponagon meadows. 

 Once common, now a rare permanent resident. 



Ruffled Grouse. Partridge. Bonasa umbellus. Once a common 

 permanent resident, now rare. Woods. 



Pheasant. English Pheasant. Phasianus colchicus. Also Ring- 

 Necked Pheasant. Phasianus torquatus. Introduced permanent 

 residents. 



Passenger Pigeon. Ectopistes migratorius. Once a common 

 transient visitant. Not been seen for many years. 



Mourning Dove. Zenaidura macroura. Summer resident. Often 

 mistaken for the Wild or Passenger Pigeon. Quite a large flock seen 

 in the summer of 1908. 



Marsh Hawk. Harrier. Circus Hudsonius. Common transient vis- 

 itant, a few residents, March 1 2 to November. Quasoponagon meadows. 



Sharp-Shinned Hawk. Accipiter velox. Common transient visitant, 

 April 20 to November. This is one of the real Hen Hawks. Quaso- 

 ponagon meadows. 



Cooper's Hawk. Accipiter cooperi. Permanent resident. A 

 large Hen Hawk. Quasoponagon meadows. 



Hen Hawk. Red-Tailed Hawk. Buteo borealis. Summer resi- 

 dent, April to November. Our fields. 



Red-Shouldered Hawk. Hen Hawk. Buteo lineatus. These two 

 are not really Hen Hawks, but are often called so. Permanent resi- 

 dents. Our fields. 



Broad-Winged Hawk. Buteo latissimus. Rare transient visitant. 

 Long Hill. 



American Rough-Legged Hawk. Archibuteo lagopus sancti- 

 johannus. Rare transient visitant. Long Hill. 



Golden Eagle. Aquila chrysaetos. Accidental visitant. This 

 Eagle has doubtless visited Groton. In September and October of 

 1 90 1, I saw two birds, either the young Bald Eagle or the Golden 

 Eagle. The only difference being in the feathering of the legs, they 

 were not near enough to be distinguished. A Golden Eagle was killed 

 in Townsend in that year, so it seems as if these might have been of 

 the same species. 



Bald Eagle. Haliaetus leucocephalus. Accidental visitant. I 

 have seen these eagles quite often. One lighted once in the top of the 

 elm in our yard. August 27, 1903, and May 6, 1901, are two records 

 I find. 



Pigeon Hawk. Falco columbarius. Common transient visitant. 

 April to October. Quasoponagon meadows. 



