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narrow wings, fully expanded tail with the outer feathers of 

 great length, pure white under parts in contrast with the dark 

 upper, presented distinctions so marked from all other native 

 species that recognition was instantaneous and unmistakable " 

 (J. N. C.)- 1 



Circus hudsonius (Linnaeus). Marsh Hawk. 



A tolerably common summer resident from April to October. 

 Occasional in winter. 



Earliest record. New Haven, March 22, 1884, March 12, 

 1887 (L. B. W.) ; Portland, April i, 1882. 



Latest record. New Haven, Nov. n, 1903; Portland, Nov. 

 3, 1908. 



Winter records. Feb. 8, 1882, Dec. 18, 1903, New Haven 

 (L. B. B.) ; Dec. 25, 1903, Bristol (F. Bruen). 



Nest. Often built of sticks, lined with grass, and located on 

 the ground or on a slight hillock in an open marsh of high 

 grass. 



Eggs. 3 to 7; the middle of May. 



Nesting dates. Earliest record. May 9, 1878 (C. L. R.). 2 

 Latest record. June 18, 1884, three eggs (C. L. R.). 3 



Accipiter velox (Wilson). Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



A tolerably common summer resident from May until Octo- 

 ber; abundant in the fall migration in September and early Octo- 

 ber. Occasional in winter. 



Earliest record. New Haven, March 19, 1904, March 9, 

 1887 (E. S. W.) ; Portland, March 27, 1886, 1899. 



Latest record. New Haven, Nov. 4, 1897; Portland, Nov. 

 23, 1909. 



Winter records. Feb. 4, 1881, Jan. 19, 1887, Feb. 22, 1890, 

 Feb. 4, Dec. 13, 1895, Dec. 3, 8, 1898, Portland (J. H. S.) ; 

 Dec. 13, 1900, Woodbridge (Smith, in coll. of L. B. B.) ; Jan. 

 14, 1902, Northford (L. B. B.) ; Feb. 22, 1887, New Haven 

 (L. B. W.). 



Nest. Almost invariably in a hemlock or pine tree, occa- 

 sionally in a maple, 10 to 50 feet above the ground. Nest made 



1 O. and O., xiv, 8, p. 123. 

 2 O. and O., ix, 2, p. 16. 

 8 O. and O., x, a, p. 25. 



