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York couxilv, state tluit it is a n'^nlar breeder 

 on the high cliffs about I lie Sii.s<nielianna. ('oiu-erniii}^' 

 the bird Mr. (ieorge Miller furnishes the following 

 notes: "Found nest of Duck Hawk April 7, 188(». It 

 contained four eggs slightly incubated; hawk on nest 

 when discovered, along Susquehanna river near mouth 

 of Codorus creek. Nest about one-third down from 

 top of a higli cliff on shelf with overhanging rock; nest 

 made of rocky debris found lying about. Remains of 

 birds, such as tame pigeons, flickers, blackbirds, etc., 

 upon which the Duck Hawks had evidently been feed- 

 ing, were found plentifully scattered over the rocks. 



I shot the male soon after collecting the eggs, and 

 have it now in my collection of birds." Dr. W. L. 

 Hartman, of Luzerne county, says: 



"The Great-footed or Duck Hawk breeds regularly 

 in this locality (Pittston) in an almost inaccessible 

 ledge of rocks." Mr. Thou^as S. Gillin, Ambler, Mont- 

 gomery county, says: "I have had many opportunities 

 of observing them, having shot twelve inside of a ra- 

 dius of five miles of this place; in fact see them regu- 

 larly, and know of two nesting places in this state." 

 Dr. T. Z. Hazzard, Allegheny county; Mr. O. B. Hark. 

 Northampton county, and W. P. Bolton, Montgomery 

 county, also mention it as a breeder. Dr. John W. 

 l>etwiller and Mr. Samuel Mack, both residents of 

 Bethlehem, have, on different o-ccasions, found Duck 

 Hawks' nests. With regard to their breeding in this 

 State, Dr. Detwiller (letter November 2, 1889), says: 

 "Duck Hawk; secured set of four eggs from the cliffs 

 of Camel's Ledge, Pittston, 1880; 1886. secured two 

 sets of four eggs in each set, one at Skinner's Eddy and 

 the other at Buttermilk Falls, Susquehanna river 

 (East Branch). 1887, secured a set of four eggs, and 



