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Subgenus TINNUNCULUS Vieillot. 



159. (360). Falco sparverius Linn. American Sparrow Hawk. 

 Of quite general distribution as a summer resident throughout 



the interior of the state, but seemingly commonest during the 

 migrations. It is not characteristic of any one faunal region, being 

 found breeding from Florida to Hudson I lay. 



County Records. Androscoggiu, "fairly common summer resident'' 

 (Johusou) ; Aroostook, "seen at Fort Fairfield" (Batchelder, Bull. Xutt. 

 Orn. Club, Vol. 7, p. 15) ; Cumberland, "rare" (Mead), "have informa- 

 ion of its breeding in Windham" (Norton); Franklin, "summer resi- 

 dent" (Richards) ; Hancock, "summer resident" (Murch) ; Keunebec, 

 "rare" (Gardiner Branch); Knox, "migrant" (Racklift) ; Oxford, "com- 

 mon, breeds" ( Nash) ; Penobscot, "quite common in migration, the eggs 

 have been taken near Bangor" (Knight); Piscataquis, "common, breeds" 

 (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, "common spring and fall" (Spinney) ; Somerset, 

 "not common summer resident" (Morrell) ; Washington, "not uncommon 

 summer resident" (Boardman) ; York, (Adams). 



Subfamily PANDIONINJE. Ospreys. 

 Genus PANDION Savigny. 



160. (364). Pandion haliaetus caroliuensis (Gmel.). Ameri- 

 can Osprey. 



The Fish Hawk is a common summer resident along the coast, 

 and also quite common about the ponds and lakes of the interior. 

 On the coast the nests are usually placed low down in the stunted 

 trees that grow on the islands, and in many cases the ground itself 

 serves as foundation. I have seen at least six nests placed thus, 

 usually being situated on some rocky point of an island. The nests 

 in trees, while usually near the shore of the islands, are quite often 

 placed some distance inland. In such localities the birds are some- 

 what social, and two or three nests are often placed within a radius 

 of one hundred yards. About the interior ponds and lakes the 

 birds are not so social, it being unusual to notice more than one 

 pair of birds about a given body of water. They are also more 

 wary in their selection of a nesting site, invariably choosing the 

 tallest tree in the vicinity. 



County Records. Androscoggin, "common" (Johnson ; Cumberland, 

 "common summer resident" (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare summer resident" 

 (Swain) : Hancock, "very common summer resident" (Knight) ; Kenne- 



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