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gives it as " a rare straggler from the south " in Connecticut (Rev. 

 Bds. Conn., 1877, 76), and there are Long Island records for 1837 

 (Giraud, Birds of Long Island, 1844, 13) and 1845 (Berier, Bull. 

 Nutt. Orn. Club, VI, 1881, 126). (An erroneous record for Maine 

 is given in "Forest and Stream," XXI, 1884, No. 19, 563; cor- 

 rected, /. c., No. 24, 464.) 



*160. Circus hudsonius. MARSH HAWK. Common sum- 

 mer resident. 



*161. Accipiter velox. SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. Rather 

 common summer resident. Has also been taken in winter (F. H. 

 C\arpenter\, Orn. and Ool., XI, 1886, 25; Allen, Auk, II, 311). 



*162. Accipiter COOperi. COOPER'S HAWK. Common sum- 

 mer resident ; of occasional occurrence in winter. 



163. Accipiter atricapillus. AMERICAN GOSHAWK. Rather 

 frequent winter visitant. Has been seen in summer, and perhaps 

 occasionally breeds in the western part of the State. 



*164. Buteo borealis. RED-TAILED HAWK. A rather com- 

 mon resident, but most numerous in fall and spring. 



*165. Buteo lineatus. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. Common 

 resident ; most abundant in fall and spring. 



[166.] Buteo SWainsoni. SWAINSON'S HAWK. Accidental. 

 Only two instances of its capture thus far recorded Salem, win- 

 ter of 1871-72 (Allen, Bull. Essex Inst.> X, 1878, 22); Wayland, 

 Sept. 12, 1876 (Brewster, Bull. Nutt. Orn. Club, III, 1878, 39). 



*167. Buteo latissimus. BROAD-WINGED HAWK. Rather 

 rare summer resident. 



168. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johaimis. AMERICAN 

 ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. Rather common winter visitant, but of 

 somewhat local distribution. 



*169. Aquila chrysaetos. GOLDEN EAGLE. Very rare win- 

 ter visitant. Recent records of its capture are Munson, Nov. 

 1864; Deerfield, Dec. 14, 1865 ; Westfield, three specimens, 1866 

 (Allen, Am. Nat., Ill, -Deer-t^) ; Fairhaven, Nov. 21, 1873 

 (Allen, Bull. Essex Inst., X, 1878, 22). This specimen was sent 

 in the flesh by Captain Charles Bryant to the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology, where it is now preserved. Also Williamstown, 

 1886.] 



