The OoLOGiST. 



Vol. XXV. No. 8. Albion, N. Y. August, 1908. Whole No. 253 



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AI.BION, H. T. 



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Nesting of the Broad-winged Hawk in 

 Delaware Co., Pa. 



RICHARD C. HARLOW. 

 The season of 1908 was a memor- 

 able one to me for several reasons, 

 but chiefly because of my unusual 



luck in ferreting out the nesting pla- 

 ces of our native hawks. Here in 

 Pennsylvania we are wont to become 

 discouraged over the absence of this 

 class of birds, and I fear I have often 

 cast a sigh as I read of the exper- 

 iences of collectors in the west. Dur- 

 ing my short period of collecting they 

 had invariably been a stumbling block 

 to me, but somehow this year the 

 mist cleared away from before my 

 eyes and when I packed up my irons for 

 another year I found that I had ta- 

 ken fine sets of Cooper's, Sparrow, 

 Broad-wing, Osprey and Duck Hawks. 

 As I recall the various trips and suc- 

 cesses my blood courses through my 

 veins once more with the enthusiaism 

 of the hunt, and I long for the days 

 gone by. And prominent among the 

 list stands the day spent in search of 

 Broad-wings, the 16th of May. From 

 time to time, my friend had told me 

 of their breeding in the vicinity of 

 Wayne, and when I jumped off the 

 train at that place on the 16th, I was 

 prepared to do or die. 



Discouraging news awaited me. The 

 hawks had not been seen lately, and 

 had apparently disappeared. But what 

 study teaches one to fight down de- 

 spair more than ornithology? As we 

 struck off across the fields the dew 

 was still clinging to the grass, and in 

 a short time we were thoroughly 

 drenched, but what cared we, for 

 there ahead of us lay the chosen 

 haunt of the Broad-wings, the wood- 

 covered hills merging into a valley 

 through which a stream dashes on 

 its way. As we pushed through, our 

 eyes eagerly scanning the tree tops. 



