50 J- A. ALLEN, CATALOGUE OF 



In order to give a complete list of the birds of our State, I 

 have appended a catalogue of .those found in Massachusetts not 

 yet noticed at Springfield. No species is included of which 

 there is not good evidence that it has been taken in the State. 

 Some occasional visitors may have been overlooked, but it is 

 believed such instances are few. Those probably occurring 

 but not to my knowledge detected, are also mentioned but are 

 not counted as a part of the list. To present a general view 

 of the Ornithology of our State in a condensed form, I 

 have appended tabular lists of those birds that are resident the 

 whole year in the State, those that breed, those that are sum- 

 mer, winter, or spring and autumn visitors, and those that 

 are merely rare, occasional, or chance visitors, &c. 



1. Falco anatum Bonap. Duck Hawk. Very rare. 

 One or two pairs are known to breed regularly on Mount Tom, 

 some fifteen or twenty miles north of Springfield. Nest on the 

 rocks, very early in the. season, the young being full grown by 

 the last of June. Mr. C. W. Bennett, who gives me these 

 facts, took some young birds from the nest a few years since. 

 This species has also been found breeding on Talcott Mountain, 

 Ct., a few miles south-west of Hartford. Four nearly full-fled- 

 ged young were taken from the nest June 1st, 1861, and the 

 female was shot.* (Dr. W. Wood, in Hartford, Ct., Times, June 

 24th, 1861. See a valuable series of twenty-one articles, by 

 Dr. Wood, on the Rapacious "Birds of Connecticut," publish- 

 ed in the Hartford Times, March 14th to August 9th, 1861.) 



2. Hypotriorchis cnlumbarius Gray. Pigeon Hawk. Very 

 rare. Seen in spring and fall. May 7th, 1861, obtained a 

 male in perfectly adult plumage. 



3. Tinnunculus sparverius Vieill. Sparrow Hawk. Not 

 common. Seen in spring and fall. Has been found breeding 

 at Williamstown, Mass. (Brewer's N. Am. 061 pt. I. p. 17.) 



4. Astur atricapillus Bonap. Goshawk. "Partridge Hawk." 

 Winter visitant. Usually rare, but was quite common in the 

 winter of 1859-60. Arrives about the first week in November. 



* Since the above was written, the eggs have been obtained (April 19th, 

 1864,) from a nest on Mount Tom, by Mr. C. W. Bennett, of Springfield. 

 The female was also obtained, and the identity of the eggs ascertained 

 beyond question. 



