60 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 
Mr. Barstow shot one on the Seekonk River in 1881 or ’82. The 
bird flew at his duck decoys; and that a young female, now in 
his collection, was shot at Newport on October 10, 1894, two 
days after a big northeast storm.” Two were also taken at 
Point Judith,! and there are a number of other records without 
exact data. Mr. Newton Dexter writes “that they are not 
uncommon along shore in October.” There is a female in the 
Smith collection taken on May 8, 1896, at Prudence Island. 
(134) 357- Falco columbarius Linn. Picron Hawk. 
— A common migrant, especially in the fall.* 
(April 5) to (May), September 3 to October 25. 
(135) 360. Falco sparverius (Linn.). AMERICAN SPARROW 
Hawk. — An uncommon summer resident. Warwick, 1899.7 
(February) to (November). 
(136) 364. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.). 
AMERICAN Osprey. /ish Hawk.— A common summer resident 
on Narragansett Bay. The birds at Bristol build their nests on 
cartwheels placed on poles by the farmers, as well as in trees,” 
and two nests, one on a flat steeple of a meeting house (Ports- 
mouth, 1899)* and the other on a house chimney (Bristol, 1899) 
have been observed. 
March 24 to October 21. 
(137) 365. Strix pratincola Bonap. AMERICAN Barn 
Ow..— Of very rare occurrence. One was captured in Novem- 
ber, 1886, by Mr. John Ryder (at Sand Pond) in Norwood, 
Warwick.* Col. J. H. Powel also includes this species in a list 
U@&O;, Vols; No: 12; p. 92. 
*F. & S., Vol. XXXI, No. 15, p. 285. 
OL & OF Wil. '8) Nio-78))\p./22. 
? Auk, Vol. XII, No. 3, p. 300, and No. 4, p. 389. 
Amer. Nat., Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 57. 
Nid., Vol. I, No. 5, p. 72. 
3 Osprey, Vol. IV, No. 1, p. 13. 
4 Southwick’s List, p. 7. 
Ran. Notes, Vol. III, No. 12, p. 91. 
