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Archibuteo sancti-johannis, Gray. Black Haivk. Win- 

 ter visitant. Not common. This species is occasionally 

 seen in autumn and winter. I have never met with A. 

 lagopus, although it probably occurs. 



Circus hudsonius, Yieill. Marsh Hawk. Summer visi- 

 tant. Very common. Breeds. Arrives from the middle 

 to the last of April. Lays generally six eggs in a nest 

 on the ground. I have found young just hatched, June 

 9th, and others just beginning to fly, July 9th. 



Aquila canadensis, Cassin. Golden Eagle. Winter. 

 B,are. 



Haliaetus leucocephalus, Savigny. White-headed Eagle. 

 Resident. Common. Breeds. Usually, but improp- 

 erly called " Bald Eagle." I have been told by an old 

 hunter, of an eagle of much larger size killed in this region, 

 which may have been the little known " Washington 

 Eagle" of Audubon. 



Pandion carolinensis, Bon. Fish Haivk. Summer visi- 

 tant. Not very common. Frequently seen about our 

 lakes and rivers in summer, but I have never found it 

 breeding in this vicinity. Arrives about the middle of 

 April. 



Bubo virginianus, Bon. Great Horned Oivl. " Cat Owl." 

 Resident. Very common. Breeds. I have obtained the 

 young of this species nearly half grown, but still covered 

 with down. May 1st, 1857, from a nest in a tall, hollow 

 '^ine. There were three young in the nest, one of which 

 was considerably smaller than the other two. One of the 

 latter, a male, is now alive at the Aquarial Gardens in 

 Boston, and is in excellent plumage and of unusually 

 large size, but has never shown any signs of gentleness or 

 .submission. I have obtained young just beninning to 

 fly, June 8th. I have seldom found nests among the 

 branches of trees. 



Scops asio, Bon. Mottled Oivl, Red Owl, Screech Owl. 

 Resident. Common. Breeds. 



vOtus Wilsonianus, Les. Long-eared Owl. Resident. 

 Common. Breeds. This species is quite common, espe- 

 cially in autumn. 



