52 The Ornithology of Chester County 



is May 8. I have not found this species present in 

 January. 



77. Astur atricapillus atricapillus Goshawk, "hen 

 hawk." Rather rare winter visitant, usually soli- 

 tary. Listed by Barnard and Michener. Warren 

 states that he has seen five individuals in ten years; 

 one was shot at Kennett, Jan. i, 1872 (Phillips, 

 F. and S., vi, 84) ; there is a specimen in the Sharp 

 collection, taken many years ago in Easttown Twp. ; 

 and Dr. Hughes reported one killed near Downing- 

 town (Abst. Del. Val. Orn. Club, ii, 1898, 21). 

 There are also three sight records from West 

 Chester: Dec. 25, 1907, by Ehinger (Bd. Lore, x, 

 31); Feb. 7, 1909, by Jackson (Cass., xiii, 23); 

 and Dec. 25, 1916, by Schmucker and Ehinger (Bd. 

 Lore, xix, 23). 



78. Buteo borealis l/orealis Red-tailed Hawk, 

 "big chicken hawk," "hen hawk," "redtail." Tol- 

 erable common resident, formerly rather abundant 

 for a member of the Raptores. It is worthy of 

 remark that Dr. Fisher gave food records of no less 

 than 178 individuals taken in Chester county, mostly 

 in the winter months between 1876 and 1886, and 

 nearly all from the vicinity of West Chester (Hawks 

 and Owls of the U. S., 53-58). Large flights of 

 transients occurred near Berwyn on Sept. 24, 1905 

 and Nov. 1-3, 1913. It is rather curious that I 

 have not found this species nesting anywhere on 

 the Valley hills. Numerous nests have been found 

 in the vicinity of Kennett Square and West Ches- 

 ter especially, by Warren, Pennock, Jackson, Sharp- 

 ies and others. However, this large, handsome 



