AVES. 97 



RAPTORES. FALCONES. 



FALCONIDAE. 



Falco hudsonius Linn^, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 128. 

 "ad fretum Hudsonis." 

 Open country, fields, marshes; nests on the ground. 



Me. — Common migrant, less common summer resident. Mar. 

 19-Oct. 7 (Nov. 12). Eggs, June 4. 



N. H. — Common migrant, uncommon summer resident. Mar. 

 16-Nov. 12. 



Vt. — Uncommon summer resident. April 14-Oct. 



Mass. — Common migrant, uncommon summer resident; rare 

 winter resident on the coast. Mar. 1-Nov. 29 (winter). Eggs, 

 May 12-June 8. 



R. I. — Common migrant, rare summer and winter resident. 

 Mar. 15-Oct. 29 (winter). Eggs, May 23, 25. 



Conn. — Common migrant, uncommon summer resident; winters 

 rarely. Mar.-Nov. 6 (winter). Eggs, May 9-June 9. 



186. AcciPiTER VELOX (Wilson) Vigors. 

 Sharp-shiimed hawk; Pigeon hawk. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 198; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 4. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. 5, fig. 11-17. 



Falco velox Wils., Amer. ornith., 1812, vol. 5, p. 116, pi. 45, fig. 1. 

 "banks of the Schuylkill." 



Open or wooded country; nests in trees. 



Me. — Common migrant, less common summer resident; rare 

 winter resident (Portland, 1905; Westbrook, 1907). Mar. 27- 

 Nov. 23 (winter). Eggs, June 1. 



N. H. — Common migrant, less common summer resident; rare 

 winter resident in southern part. Eggs, May 23- June 1. 



Vt. — Uncommon summer and rare winter resident. 



Mass.^ — Common migrant, uncommon summer and winter 

 resident. Eggs, May 3-June 10. 



