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moving nearly parallel to the lake shore in an easterly direc- 
tion. When they disappeared from view high up they were still 
drifting eastward over the land. In this company there were 
Sparrow, Marsh and Rough-legged Hawks, four of each. 
which did not accompany the Broad-wings far. | When the 
birds were first seen they were about two miles west of the 
east end of the marshes, and therefore within plain view of 
Kelley’s Island. It seems likely that they had arrived over the 
Sandusky River route, and therefore reached the lake shore, 
or the marshes near Sandusky. It is difficult to account for 
their easterly course if, as it seems almost certain, they were 
bent on reaching the Canadian side. At their elevation of sev- 
eral hundred feet they must have been able to see not only 
Kelley's, but also Pelee Island, and probably also Point Pelee, 
Ontario. 
Eaton of Rochester, N. Y., confirms the story of the incred- 
ible number of hawks passing each spring along the southern 
shore of Lake Ontario and toward the east over the country 
south of the lake,. evidently making their way around its east- 
ern end toward the north. The height of these migrations 
occurs during the latter part of April and the first week in May. 
The birds are mostly Sharp-shinned and Broad-winged, with 
a sprinkling of Marsh and Pigeon always present, but surpris- 
ingly few Cooper’s Hawks. At a time when the Red-tailed 
and Red-shouldered Hawks are nesting in western New York, 
it is surprising to see many of these species also soaring high 
in the air and wheeling toward the east. When the wind is 
high the hawks fly low, with less circling; the Sharp-shinned 
lowest of all. The writer was surprised to learn how many 
of the migrants were Broad-winged Hawks and states that 
they were certainly a conspicuous part of the procession, 
from April 21 to May 17. 
J. H. Fleming writes me that near Glenwilliams, Halton 
Co., Ont., May 4, 1910, from the top of the ridge behind the 
quarry, he saw about a dozen Broad-wings high up over the 
ravine, later they descended, flying east, on cr about his level 
along the ravine, then mounting and circling until at the 
