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to the lake from this same swamp to feed. They came about 

 the same time every day. They would fly around the fish holes 

 until they saw a minnow on the ice or a 'lawyer,' and they 

 would come very close sometimes to get them. It would 

 depend on how hungry they were. I have not been on the 

 lake very much the last few years, but I hear they do the 

 same now." 



1 06. Falco peregrinus anatum. 

 DUCK HAWK. 



A rare resident. Breeds. It has always been said in that 

 part of the country that a pair of Golden Eagles breed on the 

 cliff on the east branch of the West Canada Creek in the town 

 of Morehouse, Hamilton County. In August, 1895, I visited 

 the place, saw the cliff, that rises to an estimated height of 

 600 feet, but failed to see either old or young birds, though 

 my guide assured me that he had often seen them and that 

 he had found bones of good-sized mammals at the foot of the 

 cliff. On May 15, 1896, while I was at Pine Lake, Charles 

 Haskell, a collector in the employ of Dr. William M. Ralph, 

 passed on his way to try and collect this nest. He returned 

 the next day with a beautiful set of three eggs of the Duck 

 Hawk. He found the nest thirty feet below the top of the 

 cliff. He was let down with a rope from above. The bird was 

 a very bold one and he had to keep her off with a short club. 

 A fine young bird was shot by Mr. Robert J. Hughes on Star 

 Hill in the town of Steuben, October 12, 1909. Length, 20 

 inches; wing, 13)^; tail, 8; tarsus, 1.80; middle toe, 2.60. 



107. Falco columbarius columbarius. 



PIGEON HAWK. 



A rare migrant. Messrs. J. P. & F. J. Davis, taxidermists, 

 report that they have had several to mount during spring and 

 fall. One taken at Sylvan Beach, Oneida Lake, September 12, 

 1889, by Mr. Wm. P. Shepard. Mr. Embody reports one from' 

 Madison County, October 2, 1900. 



