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Haihts. The Broad-wiii^'cd Ifiiwk appeal's to be dif^tribiitcd over ciistorii 

 North Aiiu'ritii, soiiiewliiit iin^j^'idarly, as I'ar north as the IJritish Provinces, 

 and as tiir west at least as tlie Mis- 

 sissip|ii. It has been found in Flor- 

 ida Ity Mr. Wurdeniaiin, where it 

 was said to bo not uncommon. It 

 is a resident in Culia, where it 

 breeds ; Init it has not been taken 

 in Jamaiea. It has also l)een de- 

 tected in (hiatemala by .Mr. Skin- 

 ner. Audubon states that he never 

 met with it in Louisiana, but Mr. 

 Dre-sser lound it not uncommon 

 from the Xueces eastward. In Sep- 

 temlier he notietnl several near the 

 Missi(jn of San Patricio, and duriuf^ 

 the winter obtained .several s]ieci- 

 niens near San Antonio. In May 

 he shot a youn;4 bird on the Medina 

 Kivor, and early in June he found 

 a nest containing young on the 

 Colorado. It was on a high eot- 

 tonwood-tree, and in an almost inaccessible position. 



It is not mentioned by Mr. Uownes as occurring in Xova Scotia, though I 

 think it (juite probable it may be found there ; but it is ([uite connuon near 

 Calais, both in Eastern Maine and in New ISrunswick. Professor Verrill 

 gives it as a common summer visitant in Oxford Comity, Me., near Norway, 

 and as still more abundant near the Umbagog Lakes, and appaiently the 

 nu»st common Hawk in that vicinity. He found its nest, June 12, contain- 

 ing two eggs nearly hatched. It is to be met with throughout Massacbusetls, 

 having been I'ound breeding near Williamstown, Springfield, and also in tin; 

 vicinity of Uoston. Its nest was also met with in Middlebury, ^'t., by the 

 late Professor Adams. Mr. Mollwraith, of Hamilton, Canada, has noted 

 extensive migrations of this Hawk in March of dill'erent years, as many as 

 twenty or tiiirty being in view at one time, passing at a considerable height, 

 and moving in circles towards the northwest. Others, that appeared to 

 be stragglei"s from the main body, were met with in the woods. Dr. Hoy 

 states it to be rather conunon near Kacine, and Mr. Kumlien has ob- 

 tained it in the vicinity of Lake Koskonong. Inom all these data it may 

 naturally be inferred that this Hawk has a pretty general distribution from 

 Florida to Texas, and from New Brunswick to the jMississii)pi Valley, prob- 

 al)ly extending northward into the Saskatchewan Valley and south-westerly 

 to Central America. 



The Broad-winged Hawk was first described by Wilson, who shot a single 



