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While in Queen Anne County (May '92) my boatman several 

 times mentioned a "white Hawk with a split tail" which he had 

 observed occasionally, but he could not tell how often or at 

 what time of year. Mr. A. P. Bowen writes me that it is 

 occasionally seen in Prince George's County. 



Circus hudsonius (331). Marsh Hawk. 



Common resident in tide- water Maryland, this species is 

 common in the uplands from August 4 ('95) to May 2 ('91, 

 Gray), and on June 29 ('92, Gray) one was seen near Powhatan. 

 Mr. L. D. Willis, of Church Creek, Dorchester County, informs 

 me that on a salt marsh of the Black water River, about 10 

 miles south of Cambridge, he found a nest of the Marsh Hawk 

 containing 6 fresh eggs on June 2, '95. Next day the female 

 was shot and an egg ready for extension was found in the ova- 

 duct. The nest, a slight affair of dry reeds and grass, was 

 placed on a slight elevation about 60 yards back from the open 

 water and entirely surrounded by thick reeds. 



Accipiter velox (332). Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



Common resident, but not very numerous in summer. On 

 May 20 ('91, Blogg) a set of 4 eggs was taken, and on May 29 

 ('92, Fisher) another of 5. At Sandy Springs on May 16, '91, 

 two fresh eggs, and 15 days later a set of 5 (Stabler). 



For two years in succession this terror of the poultry yard 

 nested close to our house, but as far as I could learn the chickens 

 were not molested. In '84 the young had left the nest and 

 were being fed round the house on June 8, 15 and 22. In '85 

 I spent May 31 and June 7 watching the young being fed. 

 They were in a natural cavity of a chestnut tree in full view 

 of the house and not 100 feet away from it. The entrance 

 was a small rotted-out branch hole about 4 inches in diameter 

 and about 40 feet from the ground. By means of a field glass 

 I saw that the young were being fed on grasshoppers. On the 

 approach of a parent they made a great noise, and as this could 



