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there on August 25, 1897, a small family group of three birds, 

 which may have come from no great distance. The fall mi- 

 grants appear at Intervale during the last week of August and 

 occasional birds are seen through the first half of September. 

 They cross the mountain ranges in migration and two have been 

 noted by Dr. A. P. Chadbourne ('87, p. 104) flying low over 

 the summit of Mt. Clay, of the Presidential Range, on Sept. 2, 

 1884, and " the next day another came sailing down from above 

 and* disappeared in Tuckerman's Ravine.'"' Mr. Bradford Tor- 

 rey also saw one fly close by the summit of Mt. Washington 

 (6,290 feet) about the 28th of August, 1901. 

 Dates: March 15 to October. 



115. Paiulioii haliaetus caroliiieiisis (Gmel.). AMER- 

 ICAN OSPREY. 



A rather common spring and fall migrant along the coast and 

 on the larger streams and lakes ; also a rare summer resident. 

 According to Mr. C. J. Maynard ('72), they used to breed at 

 Lake Umbagog. In the fall migration, they appear with more or 

 less regularity during the last week of August about the lakes 

 and streams. Dr. A. P. Chadbourne ('87, p. 104) has recorded 

 one which flew a few yards over his head on Mt. Jefferson, Sept. 

 2, 1884, elevation about 5,500 ft. As with other hawks, they 

 appear often to cross these high ranges, instead of keeping al- 

 together to the valleys. 

 Dates : April ; Summer ; August 25 to November i. 



116. Asio wilsoiiiaims (Less.). AMERICAN LONG- 

 EARED OWL. 



A rather rare resident. All the records which I have for 

 this .species are from localities in the southern and central part 

 of the state. I have never seen it in the White Mountains. 



117. Asio accipitrinus (Pall.). SHORT-EARED OWL. 

 Rare, occurring only as a migrant so far as known. Mr. C. 



F. Goodhue has found it very rarely at Webster, and Mr. J. P. 

 Melzer writes me that he has mounted perhaps twenty speci- 

 mens killed in recent years about Milford. 

 Dates : April ; November. 



