178 Tue Witson BULLETIN—Nos. 76-77. 
CoNNECTICUT.—Rather rare resident, seldom seen in winter 
very regular and abundant in flights from the middle to the last 
of Sept. (Trowbridge) ; uncom. migrant and rare §8. R. (Allen) ; 
Western Conn., not our commonest hawk by any means. Found 
nesting along the mountain streams (Job), Southern Conn., com. 
(Job); New London Co., Norwich, two sets of eggs, ‘84 
(Rawson); regular S. R., breeds, formerly rare, 6 sets taken 
by Thos. B. Trumbull and Lorenzo Blackstone, ’95-99, Chauncey 
Brand showing the former his first nest (Richards ms.) ; Middle- 
sex Co., 3 sets of eggs between °99-’03 (Beers ms.) ; Portland, Mr. W. 
W. Coe has taken quite a number of its nests, together with sev- 
eral of the finest birds I have ever seen (Merriam); present 
(Sage); Middle Haddam, breding (Case); specimen (Fisher) ; 
Chester, sets by C. H. Watrous and H. Bennett (Beers coll.), and 
by J. B. Canfield (Crandall col.) ; New Haven Co., it breeds spar- 
ingly about New Haven (Merriam); a very rare bird (Linsley) ; 
2 sets, 1906 (Beers ms.) fall migrant (Trowbridge); Seymour, 2 
sets "06 by A. A. Lockwood (Beers ms.) ; Northford, set taken by 
A. M. Linsley (Lattin) ; Northfield Co., 3 sets June 8, 04 (Beers 
ms.) ; Torrington, several sets coll. by John Gath (Jacobs, and 
Price coll.) ; Winchester, 7 sets, *86-96, 3 sets in one day, by Chas. 
H. Williams (Crandall coll.) ; Fairfield Co., com. breeder (Ham- 
lin ms.); an uncom.. resident (Wright); 23 sets of eggs “96-06 
(Beers ms.); Bridgeport, resident [?], sometimes com. in migra- 
tion (Verrill); Bethel, 12 sets coll. by Geo. L. Hamlin, *86"96 
(Jackson coll.) ; Monroe, set May 24, 98, by H. W. Beers (Cran- 
dall coll.) ; Fairfield, set May 15, °99, by Beers (Sharples coll.) ; 
Stratford, female taken, spring of ‘41, compared with spec. in 
Peale’s museum, New York, and identified by Audubon (Lindsley). 
New York.—Rare (DeKay): not com. permanent resident (Chap- 
man). Hudson Highlands, our most abundant hawk, a permanent 
resident, but only occasional in winter, breeds (Mearns). Mohawk 
Valley,, it is doubtful if in any one district it is to be found in 
greater numbers (Willard). Adirondack Region, rather com. S. R., 
breeding about the lakes (Merriam). Western Adirondack Region, 
present (Hall). Western N. Y., S. R., breeds, not always as com. 
as B. borealis and lineatus (Short, Eaton) ; rather rare 8. R., breeds 
(Reineck), Tong Island, exceedingly rare (Giraud); Bay Ridge, 
fall migrant (Townsend); Long Island City, 3 spec. Sept. 28 and 
24, ’8ST (Fisher); Orient Point, one seen Dee. 25, 05 (Latham) ; 
College Point, one Dec. 29, ’97, (Abbott and Harper). Franklin 
Co., one shot Aug, 24, °74, (Roosevelt and Minot); Saranae Lake, 
one spec. (Baird). Clinton Co., Upper Chateaugay Lake. Sept. 
(Howe). Warren Co.. Lake George, Aug. 2 (Fisher). Ham- 
