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ARCHIBUTEO SANCTI-JOHANNIS, Gray. Black Hawk. Win- 

 ter visitant. Not common. This species is occasionally 

 seen in autumn and winter. I have never met with A. 

 lagopus, although it probably occurs. 



CIRCUS HUDSONIUS, Yieill. Marsh Hawk. Summer visi- 

 tant. Very common. Breeds. Arrives from the middle 

 to the last of April. Lays generally six eggs in a nest 

 on the ground. I have found young just hatched, June 

 9th, and others just beginning to fly, July 9th. 



AQUILA CANADENSIS, Cassin. Golden Eagle. Winter. 

 Rare. 



HALIAETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS, Savigny. White-headed Eagle. 

 Resident. Common. Breeds. Usually, but improp- 

 erly called " Bald Eagle." I have been told by an old 

 hunter, of an eagle of much larger size killed in this region, 

 which may have been the little known " Washington 

 Eagle" of Audubon. 



PANDION CAROLINENSIS, Bon. Fish Hawk. Summer visi- 

 tant. Not very common. Frequently seen about our 

 lakes and rivers in summer, but I have never found it 

 breeding in this vicinity. Arrives about the middle of 

 April. 



BUBO VIRGINIANUS, Bon. Great Horned Owl. " Cat Owl" 

 Resident. Very common. Breeds. I have obtained the 

 joung of this species nearly half grown, but still covered 

 \with down, May 1st, 1857, from a nest in a tall, hollow 

 jpine. There were three young in the nest, one of which 

 was considerably smaller than the other two. One of the 

 latter, a male, is now alive at the Aquarial Gardens in. 

 Boston, and is in excellent plumage and of unusually 

 large size, but has never shown any signs of gentleness or 

 submission. I have obtained young just ben inning to 

 fly, June 8th. I y have seldom found nests among the 

 Jbranches of trees. 



SCOPS ASIO, Bon. Mottled Owl, Red Owl, Screech Owl. 

 Resident. Common. Breeds. 



OTUS WILSONIANUS, Les. Long-eared Owl. Resident. 

 Common. Breeds. This species is quite common, espe- 

 cially in autumn. 



