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to take delight in attracting others into the net covered space. 

 A bough-house of evergreen brush is built near one end of 

 the net and facing the direction from which the birds are to 

 come in their morning flight. When a flock appears in the 

 distance the stool's are made to flutter, the flock light, the net 

 is sprung and the birds are caught under it. To illustrate how 

 very destructive this process is: A net which we saw. sprung 

 three times in succession ; from the first flock, of about thirty 

 birds, but three escaped; the second flock of twenty or twenty- 

 five only three escaped, while of the third flock of twenty or 

 more, not one escaped. Time occupied, five minutes." 



94. Zenaidura macroura carolinensis. 



MOURNING DOVE. 



A common summer resident in the western part of the 

 county. Rare in the eastern part. Breeds. 



95. Cathartes aura septentrionalis. 



TURKEY VULTURE. 



In May, 1879, Mr. Lavello J. Groves of Westmoreland shot 

 a bird of this species in that town. When first seen the bird 

 was in company with three others. A specimen was winged in 

 Marcy, in August, 1896, and was kept in captivity for some 

 time by Mr. Batsford of Utica. 



96. Circus budsonius. 



MARSH HAWK. 



A not common summer resident. Breeds. Nests recorded 

 from Frankfort, Herkimer County, and from Hamilton, 

 Madison County. 



97. Accipiter velox. 



SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. 



A not common summer resident. Breeds. ^ Nests taken in 

 Frankfort, Herkimer County ; and at Holland Patent, May 18, 

 1887, and June 7, 1887. 



