The Duck Hawk on the Palisades 



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have commenced in the first week of April, probably about the third of the 

 month. 



When we reached the Point on May 4, a clear, seasonable day, the female 



XEiTlXG-SlTE UF THE DUCK x^.-^..^^ 



The female is on the nest on the ledge above the pendent dead cedar, showing her light 



breast and dark back. April i6, igii, 7.30 a. m. 



Falcon was foimd hovering her two yomig ones. Since our last \dsit, they had 

 groviTi considerably and had increased in \'igor, although they could not stand. 

 On the ledge there were a large nimiber of yellow, black-tipped, wing feathers 

 of the Flicker. The male Falcon was not in sight, and it was more than an hour 



