58 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 



(127) 343. Buteo latissimus (Wils.). Broad-winged 

 Hawk. — An uncommon migrant, aind rare summer resident. 

 Nests have been taken at Gloucester, Johnston, Smithfield, and 

 Kingston. 



(April) to (October). 



(128) 347a. Archibuteo lagopus sancti johannis 

 (Gmel.) . American Rough-legged Hawk. — A not uncom- 

 mon migrant and winter visitant. Lt. Wirt Robinson saw one 

 catch a rat on the beach near Fort Adams at Newport about 

 October, 1887, he found two on April 12, 1888, shot by a fanner 

 (Peckham) some weeks before, he saw one on January 16, 1889, 

 two on February 24 and 27, 1889, three on March 14, one on 

 March 22 and 26, 1889, one on December 16, 17 and 23, 1890, 

 and two on January 6, 1891, all of these latter, including the two 

 found dead, he writes " were seen in the valley that is now a 

 part of the Newport golf grounds, attracted there by swarms of 

 meadow mice." Mr. H. S. Hathaway writes that "a fine male 

 was shot at Narragansett Pier, November 24, 1894, now in my 

 collection, one in December, 1894, at Newport, and five were 

 sent into Mr. J. M. Southwick's to be mounted in the fall of 

 1895." 



(129) 349. Aquila chrysaetos (Linn.). Golden Eagle. 

 — Mr. J. M. Southwick recorded the capture of one " at West- 

 erly, by Mr. J. B. Chapman," on February 17, 1887.1 A young 

 male was shot by Mr. Newton Dexter at Sakonnet in October, 

 1893, ^ and Mr. J. Hague had one alive in captivity for two or 

 three years which, he stated, was taken in the State." An imma- 

 ture female was shot at Little Compton on December 13-15, 

 1898, by a Mr. Grinnell. Mr. F. T. Jencks writes that one was 

 taken by Mr. Amasa Matheuson at Rockland (date unknown) . 



(T30) 352. Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linn.). Bald 

 Eagle. — An irregular visitant. There was a pair reported to 

 have remained the summer of 1882, near Pawtucket, and Mr. 



' Southwick's List, p. 6. 



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