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its operations within its natural bailiwick—the timber, swamp, 
and waste places. The few instances of disagreements that 
have come under my observation, are appended. 
In common with the Buzzards, it is often teased by King- 
birds and Crows, but on such occasions shows a quiet dignity 
and unconcern, which is very striking.”—Minot. 
“Tt seldom pursues other birds of prey, but is itself fre- 
quently teased by the little Sparrow Hawk, the King-bird or 
the Martin.”—Holmes. 4 
“Though usually a sluggish bird, it will at times show con- 
siderable courage and dash at an intruder. I have noticed two 
such instances. Once while in a tree watching a Swallow- 
tailed Kite, a male Broad-wing Hawk which was guarding a 
nest, fought another bird of this species, driving and pursu- 
ing it a great distance. Then suddenly it turned back ‘and al- 
most struck me in the face as it came on with arrow-like swift- 
ness.” —Preston. 
Wilson lost the mate to the one he shot, because it was at- 
tacked and driven away by a Kingbird. R. P. Sharples writes 
me of a pair near West Chester, Pa., found in the same woods 
for a number of years until 1907, when they were driven out 
by a pair of Cooper’s Hawks, nesting in the next ravine. [ 
have found the Accipiter and the Buteo dwelling amicably in 
the same neighborhood. A. C. Bent found the Crows making 
life miserable for a nesting bird, at one time three chased her; 
and on the other hand a nest found May 17, 08, at Rehoboth, 
Mass., was hardly 100 vards from that of a Cooper's Hawk, 
and there was also a Red-shouldered Hawk’s nest within a 
quarter of a mile; showing that the three species can live in 
harmony as near neighbors. ; 
John D. Currie found it nesting in close proximity to the 
Cooper’s Hawk, American Crow, Long-eared Owl and Black- 
crowned Night Heron. At Chester, Ct., J. B. Canfield found 
its nest within 100 feet of the domicile of a Sharp-shin; and 
Chas. C. Richards. Norwich, Ct., relates an instance of a pair 
of Broad-wings actually ‘assisting a nesting Red-shoulder in 
her endeavors to scare the intruder from her nest. 
