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BurRNsS—On Broapd-wINGep Hawk. 191 
Broad-wing, sailing leisurely above the timber (Law ms.) ; Forest 
City, Apr. 28, 94, saw a pair about a small grove, probably nested 
there a little later in the season (Anderson). Benson Grove, spec. 
May 15, 75, D. Hill (Phila. Acad. Nat. Sci. Coll.). Hancock Co., Sil- 
ver Lake, apparently com. May 3, ’83, and at various other times, 
as a migrant (Preston). Winneshiek and Allamakee Cos., Oniota 
valley, several seen between June 11 and July 10, ’95, but none 
secured (Bartsch). Black Hawk Co., Laporte City, migrant, 
trans. (Cooke). Scott Co., tol. com. migrant in spring, rare in 
fall; spring dates and one fall record (Wilson). Poweshiek Co., 
trans. visit., tol. com. (Kelsey) ; Grinnell, migrant, trans. (Cooke). 
Hastern Jasper and Western Poweshiek Cos., tol. com. S. R. 
(Jones). Pottawatomie Co., set eggs, ’92 (Trostler). 
NEBRASKA.—Rather com. during the fall along the bluffs of the 
Missouri river (Taylor); a regular and rather com. S. R. and 
breeder along the Missouri and its tributaries in the eastern part, 
rare in the interior and a straggler in the western part (Bruner, 
Walcott and Swenk); used to be a rather frequent 8S. R. and 
breeder throughout the eastern portion, but it is becoming scarcer 
every year (Trostler ms.). Cuming Co., West Point (Bruner). 
Douglas Co., Omaha, set of 2 eggs May 15, ’92; not so com. as 
B. swainsoni (White) ; breeding—L. Skow; rather rare, breeds in 
May—I. S. Trostler (Bruner); set of 2 eggs May 19, 01, in 
Child’s Point woods, six miles south of Omaha, taken by Roy Mul- 
len—the only nest that has come under my notice (Shoemaker 
ms.). Becoming scarcer every year, especially in Douglas and 
Sarpy Cos. (Trostler ms.). Otoe Co., Nebraska City, male shot 
July 17, °09 (Burnett ms.). Nemaha Co., Peru, spec. killed fall 
’88 and brought to the Laboratory of the State Normal (Taylor 
and Van Vleet). Lancaster Co. Lincoln, (Bruner). Antelope Co., 
Neleigh, four seen in the Upper Hlkhorn valley, flying northward, 
Apr. 26, °00, and one secured (Carey). Rock Co., Long Pine, ob- 
served by Bates (Bruner, Walcott and Swenk). Sioux Co., Har- 
rison, observed (Bruner). 
Missouri.—S. R., breeds in all parts except the swampy S. EH. 
counties (Widmann ms.). Fairly com. S. R., mainly eastward, 
less commonly westward. It prefers undulating ground where 
wooded tracts, even of medium trees, adjoin creek bottoms, wet 
meadows and cultivated fields. Such localities still exists in spite 
of the universal devastation of timber, in most parts of the State. 
It seems to shun the swampy southeast and the bottoms of the 
large rivers as well as the dry ridges of the Ozarks and the dryer 
stretches of the prairie region. None winter with us (Widmann). 
I have taken their eggs (Smith ms.). Cooper Co., Mt. Carmal, 
