238 THe Witson BuLLtetin—Nos. 76-77. 
October, after which it becomes rare, though the last may 
be noted a month later (Nov. 11, 97, Keokuk-Currier). He in- 
forme me that on Sept. 22 and 23,, during a little migration at 
Washington and New Haven, Mo.—55-65 miles west ofSt. 
Louis, on the Missouri river: 20 were seen on the forenoon 
and afternoon of the 22nd and 9 at 8:30 a. m. on the 23rd. 
They went south soaring at a considerable height, but the 
light being good the color of the underparts, especially the 
two whitish bands or the tail, could be plainly seen, and to- 
gether with the general contour, madq identification easy. 
(There was also a migration of Cooper’s Hawks going on). 
3road-wings do not winter in Missouri; all are gone by the 
end of October. 
Irving H. Wentworth writes me that they arrive from the 
north about the first week of September and remain until 
early spring, frequenting the heavy timber in “bottoms” and 
along streams, in Kendall Co., Tiexas. 
FHarliest Latest 
Locality. Yrs. Obsery.Ay. date. date. date. 
Franklin, Me. 4 Sept. 27, Sept.12,°04, Oct. 7, ’05. 
Montclair, N. J. 3 Sept. 26, Aug. 13,05, Nov. 29, 04. 
Princeton, N. J. 2 Oct. 31,’07, Dee. 9, 06. 
Philadelphia Vic. 4 Sept. 14, Sept. 1,°92, Oct. 5, 
Toronto, Vic. 7 Sept. 18, Sept. 11, 03, Sept. 28, 
Edmonton Alb. i; Sept. 5,703, 
Chicago Vic. 6 Sept. 10, Aug. 9,’98 Oct. 4,94. 
Tolma, N. Dak. 2 Sept. 10, Oct. 20, 
Station. 
Blanchan “No retreat is too lonely fer these de- 
voted mates, that ever delight in each other's company. 
While its range is wide, it is locally common in few places 
and rare in others, a lover of wild, unvisited regions.” 
Reed states: ‘‘ Some localities seem to have a strong attrac- 
tion for them, particularly heavy pieces of woodland, and 
near some lake or pond, and they return to the same place 
Willard has found that it is found in 
some numbers in all upland wood tracts,” while Ralph, writ- 
ing of same locality, says it is “the Hawk of the Adiron- 
dack wilderness, and it replaces in this locality the Red- 
says: 
year after year.” 
