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satisfactorily traced ; hence, these examinations must be supple- 

 mented by careful observations by reliable naturalists. The 

 Mourning- Dove nests as early as April 10, 1898, and as late as 

 August 15, 1901, these being the dates on and between which 

 fresh eggs were found. Frequently but one egg is laid. The nest 

 is seldom higher than twenty feet, and frequeutly on the ground. 



Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura). This is common as a sum- 

 mer resident but not so common as a winter resident. An egg in 

 the writer's collection taken on May 26, 1902, has a strong green- 

 ish ground color, and was heavily incubated. The nest was in 

 the hollow top of an old sycamore along the Scioto river, at 

 Waverly. 



Marsh Hawk {Circus hudsonius). This hawk is fairly common 

 all winter, but I have never seen it during the summer. It is 

 confined to the bottom lands while here. It is a great catcher of 

 birds. The farmers know why they call him "Quail Hawk." I 

 have never shot one that was not after quail or small birds, even 

 where there were plenty of mice. 



Cooper Hawk (Accipiter cooperi). Common all the year. 

 This is the greatest robber of the barn-yard, always hungry and 

 ready to kill. To quote an example: on October 18, 1898, a fe- 

 male was shot while in the act of pouncing down on a chicken. 

 In its stomach and craw were found remnants of a young chic *" 

 en, the head of a Bob-white, and parts of a Tufted Titmouse, 

 with all of^which it was literally stuffed. 



Red-tailed Hawk {Buteo borealis). During the last three 

 years I have skinned and mounted some twenty Red-tails, and 

 every one of them, whose stomach was not empty, had in its craw 

 or stomach or both, remnants of chicken, Bob-white, or squirrel, 

 but never the least sign of a mouse. 



Red-shouldered Hawk {Buteo lineatus). Unlike the Red- 

 tail and Marsh Hawks, the Red-shouldered is a great mouse kil- 

 ler, and should be fully protected. A specimen shot February 1, 

 1901, had two mice in its craw and three in its stomach. 



Northern Flicker {Colaptes auratus luteus). A male shot 

 September 26, 1894, at South Webster, Scioto county, had in its 

 bill and craw each one acorn, and five in its intestines. Another 

 shot October 8, 1894, at the same place had six dogwood berries 

 in its intestines and six in its gizzard. 



Blue Jay (Cyanociita cristata). On May 9, 1896, I saw a Blue 

 Jay destroying the nest and eggs of a Chipping Sparrow in the 

 garden of the parsonage at South Webster. I did not see it suck 

 the eggs. Rev. W. F. Henninger. 



A few Wayne County (Mich.) Notes, 1902.— Saw- whet 

 Owl {Nyctala acadica). Several of these little owls have been 

 taken during the past year— two from Grosse Poiat, on De- 

 cember 26 and January 29, and one October 26, which was shot 

 in the heart of Detroit. Mr. Norman A. Wood informs me that 

 several were brought in during the past winter at Ann Arbor. 



Snowy Owl {Nyctea nyctea). During the past winter more of 

 these birds were brought in to the local taxidermist than I have 

 record of for many years. Several were shot at the St. Clair 

 Flats, and from the surrounding counties of Macomb and Oak- 

 land. Numbers of these birds seem to have been taken all over 

 the East during the past winter, and certainly they were more 

 abundant in Southern Michigan than in many seasons. 



