DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 11 



seen near Sandy Run in May, 1896, and later eight or nine 

 during the same year. 



Marsh Hawk — Circus hudsonius. One killed at the mouth 

 of the Pennypack September 14, 1896, contained a song sparrow 

 entire. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk — Accipiter velox. On September 7, 

 1896 several were seen chasing a number of flickers about the 

 tall willows, then growing about the estuary of Sandy Run. 

 The flickers were entirely successful in eluding their pursuers. 

 A Sharp-shin killed October 6, 1894 contained a field mouse 

 (AMcrotus). 



Goshawk — Astur atricapillus atricapillus. Two reported at 

 Torresdale about 1910, fully adult and with finely barred gray 

 bellies. One seen at Frankford in February 1915 (Miller). 



Broad-winged Hawk — Buteo platypterus platypterus. Re- 

 gular along the Pennypack, and first secured in September 

 1894. Breeds. Nested on the Veree Road, Pennypack Creek, 

 April 28, 1915 (Poole). 



Rough-legged Hawk — Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. 

 Occasional in winter, and with the Red-tail and Red-shoulder, 

 formerly caught in small numbers by the crow trappers. My 

 records, February 14, 1895 and January 11, 1896. 



Bald Eagle — Haliaetics leucocephalus leucocephalus. About 

 1879 a pair nested in the woods close by the site of the Torres- 

 dale fish-hatchery (Smith). An immature example seen below 

 Eden (Torresdale) May 16, 1899 (Miller). 



Duck Hawk — Falco peregrinus anatum. One in Fairmount 

 Park February 25, 1912 (Poole). 



OsPREY — Pandion haliaetus carolinensis. Nested at the Torres- 

 dale fish-hatchery May 28, 1898 (Miller). I obtained a female 

 at Somerton October 5, 1896. 



Barn Owl — Aluco pratincola. One secured in October 1895 

 was very tame and docile. Several others seen in 1900, Brides- 

 burg in January 1914 (Miller). 



Short-eared Owl — Asioflammeus. Several taken at Holmes- 

 burg and Liddonfield. 



Saw-whet Owl — Cryptoglaux acadia. A wing found in the 

 woods near the upper Rhawn Street Bridge March 12, 1911. 



