6o THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 



Mr. Barstow shot one on the Seekonk River in 1881 or '82. The 

 bird flew at his duck decoys ; and that a young female, now in 

 his collection, was shot at Newport on October 10, 1894, two 

 days after a big northeast storm." Two were also taken at 

 Point Judith,^ and there are a number of other records without 

 exact data. Mr. Newton Dexter writes "that they are not 

 uncommon along shore in October." There is a female in the 

 Smith collection taken on May 8, 1896, at Prudence Island. 



(134) 357. Falco columbarius Linn. Pigeon Hawk. 

 — A common migrant, especially in the fall.* 

 (April s) to (May), September 3 to October 25. 



(13s) 360. Falco sparverius (Linn.). American Sparrow 

 Hawk. — An uncommon summer resident. Warwick, i899.t 

 (February) to (November) . 



(136) 364. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmel.) . 

 American Osprev. Fish Hawk. — A common summer resident 

 on Narragansett Bay. The birds at Bristol build their nests on 

 cartwheels placed on poles by the farmers, as well as in trees,^ 

 and two nests, one on a flat steeple of a meeting house (Ports- 

 mouth, 1899)' and the other on a house chimney (Bristol, 1899) 

 have been observed. 



March 24 to October 21. 



(137) 365. Strix pratincola Bonap. American Barn 

 Owl. — Of very rare occurrence. One was captured in Novem- 

 ber, 1886, by Mr. John Ryder (at Sand Pond) in Norwood, 

 Warwick.* Col. J. H. Powel also includes this species in a list 



'O. & O., Vol. 8, No. 12, p. 92. 



* F. & S., Vol. XXXI, No. 15, p. 285. 

 t O. & O., Vol. 8, No. 8, p. 24. 



^ Auk, Vol. XII, No. 3, p. 300, and No. 4, p. 389. 

 Amer. Nat, Vol. IV, No. i, p. 57. 

 Nid., Vol. I, No. 5, p. 72. 

 ^Osprey, Vol. IV, No. i, p. 13. 



* Southwick's List, p. 7. 



Ran. Notes, Vol. Ill, No. 12, p. 91. 



