BurNS—ON BROAD-WINGED HAwkK. 253 
ms..). Franklin Co., Me., Fresh sets are secured as late as 
June 2-7 (Carpenter ms.). Bristol Co., Mass., May 14-18 is 
the local date for fresh eggs in complete sets (Carpenter ms.). 
Fairfield, Conn. The time of nesting varies but little, the ex- 
iremes for first sets being May 9 to 19, with one exception, an 
instance of unusually early nesting that I could never account 
for, viz: May 17. “94, visited the Strong Hill tract and soon lo- 
cated the nest in a tall chestnut some 50 feet from the ground 
and a short distance from the old nest of 92. Upon ascending 
I was surprised to find it contained 3 young about 10 days 
old. thus showing that the eggs must have been deposited as 
early as the middle of April. My other birds in their chosen 
localities nested at usual time (Hamlin ms..). N. W. New 
York. Average about May 22, with a range of from May 15 
to 30 (Short ms.). Renova, Clinton Co., Pa. Earliest, May 5, 
latest May 12 (Pierce ms.). Chester Co., Pa. Average date 
for fresh eggs in complete sets is May 15, extremes May 3-19 
(Burns ms.). Illinois and Missouri, average May 14, 1891- 
1905; earliest. May 4, ’91; latest, May 19, 00 (Smith ms.). 
Washington, D. C. Fresh eggs may be looked for from the 
first week in May until the first week in June (Riley). Leon 
Co., Fla. The average date for fresh eggs is May 1. [ think 
is would he very difficult matter to find a nest with eggs before 
the last of April (Williams ms.). In Illinois and Missouri it 
prefers small woodland areas or groves of some few acres in 
extent (Smith, Jr. ms.), and in Florida it was found in the 
middle of a fifty acre woodland (Williams ms.). While col- 
lecting in conjunction with Mr. William Palmer in Pinar del 
Rio Province, Cuba, at San Diego de los Banos, we had some 
experience with this hawk. While making my way back to a 
temporary camp on April 7, 1990, I ran across a pair in the 
edge of open pine woods that bordered a thick tropical growth 
along the small river that flows by the town, and shot the fe- 
male which upon skinning, was found to have an egg in the 
oviduct ready for deposition, but which was unfortunately 
broken when the hawk was shot or upon handling. Upon vis- 
iting the same spot with Palmer on April 11, there was an- 
