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While in Queen Anne County (May ’92) my boatman several 
times mentioned a “white Hawk with a split tail” which he had 
observed occasionally, but he could not tell how often or at 
what time of year. Mr. A. P. Bowen writes me that it is 
occasionally seen in Prince George’s County. 
Circus hudsonius (331). Marsh Hawk. 
Common resident in tide-water Maryland, this species is 
common in the uplands from August 4 (’95) to May 2 (’91, 
Gray), and on June 29 (’92, Gray) one was seen near Powhatan. 
Mr. L. D. Willis, of Church Creek, Dorchester County, informs 
me that on a salt marsh of the Blackwater River, about 10 
miles south of Cambridge, he found a nest of the Marsh Hawk 
containing 6 fresh eggs on June 2, 95. Next day the female 
was shot and an egg ready for extension was found in the ova- 
duct. The nest, a slight affair of dry reeds and grass, was 
placed on a slight elevation about 60 yards back from the open 
water and entirely surrounded by thick reeds. 
Accipiter velox (332). Sharp-shinned Hawk. 
Common resident, but not very numerous in summer. On 
May 20 (91, Blogg’) a set of 4 eggs was taken, and on May 29 
(92, Fisher) another of 5. At Sandy Springs on May 16, ’91, 
two fresh eggs, and 15 days later a set of 5 (Stabler). 
For two years in succession this terror of the poultry yard 
nested close to our house, but as far as I could learn the chickens 
were not molested. In ’84 the young had left the nest and 
were being fed round the house on June 8, 15 and 22. In ’85 
I spent May 31 and June 7 watching the young being fed. 
They were in a natural cavity of a chestnut tree in full view 
of the house and not 100 feet away from it. The entrance 
was a small rotted-out branch hole about 4 inches in diameter 
and about 40 feet from the ground. By means of a field glass 
I saw that the young were being fed on grasshoppers. On the 
approach of a parent they made a great noise, and as this could 
