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BurNS—ON BROAD-WINGED HAWRE. 183 
gantown, while hunting here below town in the fall of ’06, a man 
killed one and brought to me for identification, the only one I ever 
saw about here (Morgan ms.). Upshur Co., remains throughout 
the year (Brooks) ; Buckhannon, Aug. 12, ’88 (Fisher). Kanawha 
Co., com., found mostly in the mountains, breeds (Scott) ; Coal- 
burg, com. and breeding (Scott). Putnam Co. In the spring of 
701, my brother and I found a nest in a tall hickory tree; he shot 
one of the birds, and a few days later he killed another in a dif- 
ferent part of this locality that acted as though it had a nest close 
by. I have not found it very common in the parts of the state I 
am acquainted with (Morgan ms.). 
VIRGINIA.—Occurs (Whitehead); occasionally seen, but not of 
sufficient abundance to make it of much economic importance 
(Smyth). Montgomery Co., saw Sept. 93, a flock of 18, all flying 
south and very high (Smyth); Blacksburg is in a valley on the 
top of the Alleghany system, about 2020 ft. above sea level, and the 
country around it is rugged, with many wooded and wild ravines. 
I believe that it nests regularly though sparingly throughout the 
mountainous section. In past years, nearly every spring, in late 
April or early May, when I used to be out frequently after insects, 
observing bird arrivals and collecting flowers for my botany class, 
I saw these hawks, usually very tame and acting as if nesting, and 
I once saw a pair attacking and driving away from their chosen 
haunts a Red-shouldered Hawk. I never, however, saw its nest 
until May 18, ’06, when a farmer brought me an incubating female. 
I went with him intending to get the nest and eggs, but it was in 
an enormous white oak. It is not abundant, tho’ I count it in my 
list of regular breeders (Smyth ms.) ; Fairfax Co., near Washing- 
ton, found breeding by Dr. Fisher and Mr. Henshaw in ’85, rare 
resident (Rives) ; Centerville Twp., set May 19, 91, by Harry K. 
Jamison (Crandall coll.) ; Falls Church, not uncom. breeder (Ri- 
ley) ; numerous breeding records (Riley ms.). Hanover Co., Ash- 
land, one seen Mar. 15, (06 (Embody ms.). Warwick Co., I saw 
one a negro had shot, May, ’87 (Phillips). “ 
DiIsTRICT OF COLUMBIA.—(Jouy) ; very rare, only occasionally ob- 
served (Coues and Prentiss) ; rare, probably resident, more in win- 
ter (Coues and Prentiss); not com. (Richmond); nesting in the 
National Zoological Park (Baker); rare and occasional (Rives) ; 
not com. W. V., rare S. R., according to C. W. Richmond (Chap- 
man); breeding (Maynard); permanent resident (Cooke); not 
uncom. breeding bird (Riley). 
NortH CaroLina.—Wake Co., Raleigh, specimens May 23, ’88, 
Aug. 26, ’89, May 8, ’95, and sets of eggs: Apr. 25, 90; May 18, ’91; 
and May 11, 16 and 22, ’95 (Brimley ms.). Mitchell Co., Roan Mt., 
