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(21) Accipiter velox — Sharp-shinned Hawk. A common perma- 

 nent resident. Found breeding at Echo Lalve (April 10, 1907), 

 Sterling Forest, Greenwood Lake (May 3, 1909), Upper Macopin 

 (April 14, 1912), and Pompton 'Lake (April 28, 1913). 



(22) Accipiter cooperi — Cooper's Hawk. A common migrant, 

 occasional summer resident and winter visitant. One nest with 

 three eggs found on April 10, 1908, in a beech tree near Echo Lake. 



(23) Buteo horealis — Red-tailed Hawk. An occasional wnnter 

 visitor. Individuals observed as early as September 29 and as 

 late as April 30. Never present during summer months. 



(24) Buteo platypterus — Broad-winged HaAvk. A common 

 spring and fall migrant. Occasional during summer and very 

 rare during winter. 



(25) ArcMbuteo lagopus sanctijohannis — Rough-legged Hawk. 

 A regular winter visitant. Occasional during spring and fall mi- 

 grations. 



(26) HalicFetus leiicoccpJialus — Bald Eagle. Occasional about 

 Greenwood Lake. Observed on June 18, 1906, and October 20, 

 1910, near Sterling Forest. Also one was seen near Echo Lake on 

 July 15, 1912. 



(27) Falco peregrinus anai^i/jn-^-Duck Hawk. Occasional trans- 

 ient visitant. Also rare winter resident. Observed on November 

 3, 1907, and February 6, 1910, at Greenwood Lake, and September 

 29 and October 18, 1912, at Echo Lake, and one at Midvale, April 

 14, 1913. 



(28) Falco sparverius — Sparrow Hawk. A common permanent 

 resident. Nests found each year since 1902 throughout the section, 

 usually in hollow trees or deserted Woodpecker nests. 



(29) Falco columiariiis — Pigeon Hawk. Common transient vis- 

 itant. Present occasionally during summer months, but no record 

 of their breeding and building homes has been recorded for the 

 section. 



(30) Pamdion haliwtus carol inensis. Abundant migrant. Found 

 breeding at Pompton Lake, on the east shores of Greenwood Lake, 

 and once at Echo Lake. Appears locally about April 15. Individ- 

 uals observed as late as October 10. 



(31) Strix varia — Barred Owl. A rather common permanent 

 resident. Nests located at Midvale, Upper Macopin, Ringwood, 

 Sterling Forest and Haskell during the past seven years. , -.. 



(32) Otus asio — Screech Owl. A common permanent resident 

 and breeder throughout the section. 



(33) Coccyzus americanus — Yellow-billed Cuckoo. Common sum- 



