LOCAL BREEDING BIRDS 17 
17. (273.) Killdeer (Oxyechus vocijerus). Local status: Rare and local 
summer resident. Sie: On the ground in pastures or cornfields. Eggs: 4, 
buffy white, spotted and scrawled with chocolate, chiefly at the larger end. 
Date: May ro. 
18. (289.) Bob-White (Colinus virginianus). Local status: Not uncom- 
mon resident. S#te: On the ground in fields, often near fences or hedges. 
Eggs: 10-18, white. Date: May 26. Group, Hall No. 208. 
19. (300.) Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus). Local status: Of local dis- 
tribution in the more heavily wooded sections. Site: On the ground in the 
woods, often at the base of a tree. Eggs: 8-14, pale ochraceous-buff. Date: 
May ro. Group, Hall. No. 208. 
20. (316.) Mourning Dove (Zenaidura macroura). Local status: Common 
summer resident. Site: Lower branches of trees, generally within 10 feet of 
the ground, very rarely on the ground. Eggs: 2, white. Date: April 25. 
21. (331.) Marsh Hawk (Circus hudsonius). Local status: Common sum- 
mer resident, of rare occurrence in winter. Site: On the ground in marshes. 
Eggs: 4-6, dull white or pale bluish white. Date: May 20. 
22. (332.) Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter velox). Local status: Not 
common summer resident, rare in winter. Site: In trees, 15-40 feet from the 
ground. £ggs: 3-6, varying from bluish to pale cream buff, distinctly spotted 
or heavily blotched with cinnamon or cinnamon rufous. Date: May 21. 
23. (333-) Cooper Hawk (Airipiter cooperii). Local status: Not uncom- 
mon in summer, rare in winter. Site: In trees, 25-60 feet from the ground 
Eggs: 3-6, paie bluish white, sometimes speckled with brownish. Date: May 1. 
24. (337-) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo borealis). Local status: Permanent 
resident, more numerous in winter. Site: In trees, 30-70 feet from the ground. 
Eggs: 2-4, dull white, generally scantily and irregularly marked with cinnamon- 
brown. Date: April 1. 
25. (339.) Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus). Local status: Com- 
mon permanent resident. Site: In trees, 30-60 feet from the ground. Eggs: 
2-5, dull white, generally more or less sprinkled, spotted or blotched with cin- 
nmamon or chocolate. Date: April 3. Group, Hall No. 204. 
26. (343-) Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus). Local status: Not 
common permanent resident. Site: In trees, 25-50 feet from the ground. 
Eggs: 2-4, dull white, speckled, blotched or washed with ochraceous-buff or 
cinnamon brown. Date: May 5. 
27- (356.) Duck Hawk (Falco peregrinus anatum). Local status: Rare 
and local summer resident, more common on coasts in migrations. Site: A 
cliff. Eggs: 3-4, creamy white marked with cinnamon-brown to reddish 
brown. Date: March 30. 
28. (360.) Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius). Local status: Not uncom- 
mon in summer, rare in winter. Site: Usually a hole in a tree, from 15-60 
feet from the ground. Eggs: 3-7, creamy white to rufous, generally finely and 
evenly marked with shades of the ground color. Date: April 25. 
29. (374-) American Osprey; Fish Hawk (Pandion haliaétus carolinensis). 
Local status: Locally common summer resident near the coasts. Site: In a 
tree, 15-50 feet from the ground. Eggs: 2-4, rarely dull white, sometimes 
almost solid chocolate, generally buffy white, heavily marked with chocolate, 
chiefly at the largerend. Date: May 2. Group, Hall No. 205. 
