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viewed it, noting its large size and very dark coloration through- 

 out. When it took flight, it went off on big wings at a mod- 

 erate pace. On September 21, nine days later, over the same 

 locality the same bird, or a similar one, was finely seen circling 

 in the air and appearing entirely black. These are earlier dates 

 than Dr. Allen assigns for the advent of this species in New 

 Hampshire in its fall migration, and than Mr. O. W. Knight 

 names for its arrival in Maine. But I think we were not mis- 

 taken in our identification of these birds, my assistant viewing 

 them with me. 



Mr. Spaulding regards the Rough-leg as one of the rarest 

 hawks that he has recorded in his local list. He has a bird in 

 his collection which was shot and brought to him April 8, igo6. 



55. Halit«etus leucocephalus leucocephalus. Bald 

 KagIvE. 



An uncommon summer resident. I have six records. On 

 June 23, 1905, one was seen in flight over the woods bordering 

 Weed's Pond. We were following a logging road to the pond 

 when this big bird crossed the piece of sky in view above us 

 and was clearly seen with its great expanse of wings for an in- 

 stant. On September 2, 1909, one remained in view in the sky 

 for quite five minutes over the region of lyancaster bordering 

 the Connecticut River. This bird showed plainly to , us the 

 whiteness of his head, neck, and tail.' The hour was midday. 

 At about the same hour of this day Mr. G. B. Wellman and 

 others had seen a Bald Eagle of similar appearance fly westward 

 over the Randolph valley in the direction of the Connecticut. 



In 19 10 four records were obtained, one in each of the four 

 successive months of the season. On June 29, when we were 

 in a boat on Cherry Pond in the forenoon hours, an adult Bald 

 Eagle was seen in flight over the eastern shore. At length it 

 alighted on the top of a tamarack tree, showing its entire white 

 head and neck plainly. Here it remained until we pushed fur- 

 ther out in our boat, when it took wing to another perch some 

 distance back, alighting on a branch of a big dead tree which 



