248 Tur Witson BULLETIN—Nos. 76-77. 
in one instance (Florida) chicken feathers, formed the lining 
in part Audubon, followed by brewer, Zadock Thompson and 
Holmes, and later by Gentry, Goss, Hatch and Dugmore; have 
stated that the nest is lined variously with strips of bark, root- 
lets, moss and feathers of the domestic fowl. Lining of this 
nature appear more characteristic of the Red-shouldered Hawk, 
and the error probably originated with Audubon taking the 
description at second hand from his brother-in-law or from the 
fact of the nest being profusely feathered by the moulting fe- 
male. 
Entirely new. nests have better and more bulky appearance 
than the old patched up ones. In Central America, Salvin and 
Godman found no marked difference in the nest, roughly made 
of sticks, with a lining of bark and a few live twigs, some- 
times built very near the ground. The Grenada bird builds a 
large bulky structure of dry sticks, according to Wells. 
An ‘almost invariable custom of the Broad-wing is that of 
placing sprays of fresh green leaves and sometimes blossoms, 
of the chestnut, oak, poplar, maple, wild cherry, basswood, cot- 
tonwood, elm, pine. spruce, hemlock, balsam, and in one in- 
stance. evergreen vine and swamp grass, in the nest, under 
and around the eggs or young; seldom more thanione kind of 
leaf used in the individual nest, though it is frequently renewed. 
The sprays are broken from'the tops of trees and carried to 
the nest by means of the beak. In rare instances when the 
leaves have not appeared, green twigs with buds and blossoms 
attached, have been employed. 
Rev. Job has shown in photographic reproduction, the fe- 
male on a stub close to the nest, with a piece of bark in her 
bill, evidently for the purpose of adding to her nest, and he 
informs me that on May 18, ’08, he photographed the same 
bird as she brought a long strip of bark into the nest. Rarely, 
a few evergreen vines, wood plants or swamp grass may be 
used. Various reasons have been advanced for this very com- 
mon trait of the Broad-wing, but all appear to be equally fal- 
lacious. There is very little ground for the theory of ornamen- 
tation or that the bird possesses the artistic sense in the slight- 
