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The favorite nesting site is a chestnut-sprout woods of good 

 height, and nests are placed right against the main trunk of a 

 tree, usually from thirty to forty feet from the ground, though 

 I have found two this year that were seventy feet high. The 

 bird is not a timid one. One nest near Coatesville was quite 

 near to a country school house, and directly above the path used 

 by the children in coming to the school building. 



It is rather easy to determine when young birds are in the 

 nest, as they seem always to sit in the nest with their heads 

 toward the center, so that when they evacuate the ejecta are 

 thrown entirely clear of the nest structure, forming a more or 

 less uniform ring of droppings around the foot of a tree. 



The Broad-wing does not destroy the farmers' poultry, 

 neither does it disturb other birds. It lives in the woods and 

 subsists largely on insects, and may be safely classed as a bene- 

 ficial Hawk. As a^consequence the farmers do not have much 

 opportunity, even had they the desire, to destroy it. 



THE GOSHAWK. 



My friend, Mr. R. B. Simpson, of Warren, Pa., has found 

 the Goshawk breeding this spring near his home, and the event 

 is so interesting that I present a record of it, quoting from Mr. 

 Simpson's letters: 



"February 22, 1909, was beautiful, warm and sunny. I 

 took a long walk above Morrison's Run into the heavy timber, 

 mostly giant white pines, with a good sprinkling of hard wood. 

 While going along a Goshawk flew out ahead, calling loudly, 

 and alighted. As I went that way it flew again, only a short 

 distance, but was lost to sight in the heavy timber. Before 

 long I heard a noise, and in looking up saw that the Goshawk 

 had alighted almost overhead. It left at once but flew only a 

 short distance, calling most of the time. I soon saw a big nest 

 in the forks of a pine close by. It hardly seemed possible that 

 this bird was getting ready to breed so early, so I went back 

 some distance and sat down. The Hawk stayed near, calling 

 frequently. 



"On March 9, 14 and 19 I went up to the spot, and every 

 time found the female in the big trees, and always close to the 



