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In furtherance of this idea I may state 

 what Mr. Francis H. Allen communicates 

 to me. He writes that when he saw the 

 barred owl on the Common, November 5, 

 1888, there was a small hawk in the next 

 tree to it, which he thought was a Sharp- 

 shinned Hawk, but that he did not identify 

 it positively. He further states: "I have 

 also seen a probable goshawk, one or two 

 small falcons, and some buteos, none of 

 which were positively identified as to 

 species/' 



10. BROAD-WINGED HAWK 



Buteo platypterus 



On the morning of April 24, 1905, the 

 grackles were noisily scolding in a group 

 of trees beside the pond, and upon investi- 

 gation the cause was found to be the pre- 

 sence of a Broad-winged Hawk, perched in 

 an elm about fifty feet from the ground and 

 entirely indifferent to their cries and my 

 near presence. At length, after a satisfying 

 scrutiny of the bird, I dislodged it by per- 

 sistent hand-clapping; but it flew only a 



