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so that the species is found all the time, though the same individuals 
are not present. Nests containing, respectively, fiveand six eggs were 
found near San Angelo March 15 and July 1, indicating two broods. 
This Hawk is said to have remained at; Chicago the whole of the winter 
of 1883-84. With this exception no winter record was received from 
any point north of latitude 37°. 
In the spring of 1884 a single bird was seen at Saint Louis February 
26, and a few days later (March 3) most of the winter residents were 
leaving Caddo, Ind. Ter. (latitude 34° 11’). In the case of this species, 
as in many others, no records of movement were made during the first 
two and one-half weeks of March. March 21 it appeared at Tampico, 
Ill. (latitude 41° 36’), and at Ellis, Kans. (latitude 38° 55’). By March 
26 it had been seen along the Mississippi river as far north as Elk 
River, Minn. (latitude 45° 25’); and almost a mon th later (April 20) it 
appeared at Oak Point, Manitoba (latitude 50° 30’), In northern IIli- 
nois and Wisconsin arrivals were recorded until April 2. 
In the fall of 1884 the last Sparrow Hawk at Mount Carmel, Mo., was 
seen September 27. It was reported as wintering at Shawneetown, Ill. 
In the spring of 1885 the records of its northward movement were 
very irregular. They fell between the dates of March 14, at Tampico, 
Il, and April 15, at Oak Point, Manitoba. The first was seen at White 
Earth, Minn., April 4. In the fall of 1885 the last at Grinnell, Ia., was 
recorded October 10, and at Mount Carmel, Mo., October 22. 
862. Polyborus cheriway (Jacq.). [423.] Audubon’s Caracara ; Caracara Eagle. 
Common along the Gulf coast, and abundant in southern Texas. At 
Eagle Pass and Mason, Tex., it was recorded as common and resident. 
At Eagle Pass it was building March 16, 1884. 
Mr. Lloyd says of it: 
Resident in the eastern part of Concho county; a few visit the western half in fall ‘ 
none seen in Tom Green county. Breeds. Nest found in live-oak, about 18 feet from 
the ground, with three eggs, April 24,1881. The same nest was used for two years 
after. Though in the southern part of Texas they prey on carrion, in Menard and 
Concho counties they hunt prairie dogs in couples. (The Auk, Vol. IV, 1887, p. 189.) 
Mr. Nehrling states that in eastern Texas, near Houston, it is regu- 
larly distributed, but not so common as in the interior. He says of it: 
It is a very showy bird, and the flight is extremely elegant and quick. Although 
it is very shy and not easily to be approached, it often builds its nest in trees not far 
from farm houses. The farmers say they are as harmless as Turkey Buzzards. The 
nest is usually from 25 to 30 feet above the ground, and is built of sticks, sometimes 
lined with bits of cotton and Spanish moss; the cavity isshallow. Often the birds, 
commonly single individuals, are to be observed with Vultures, feeding together on 
carrion. (Bull, Nutt. Orinth. Club, Vol. VII, 1882, p. 173.) 
364. Pandion haliaétus carolinensis (Gmel.). [425.] Osprey; Fish-Hawk. 
Occupies the southern half of our district in winter, and the whole 
Mississippi Valley in summer. It migrates rather late. In 1884 it ap- 
peared at Newton, Iowa, April 12; at Laporte City, Iowa, April 15; 
