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Circus hudsonicus, Vieillot. — Marsh Hawk. — Identified once in 

 December. 



Accipiter fdscus, Bp. — Sharp-shinned Hawk. — Seen several times 

 during December. 



Accipiter cooperi, Bp. — Cooper s Hawk. — Common throughout the 

 winter. 



? Astur atricapillus, Bp. — Goshawk. — A single large Hawk, 

 which I can ascribe to no other species, was several times noted. 



Buteo lineatus, Jard. — Bed- shouldered Hawk. — Very rare. One 

 specimen. 



Buteo borealis, Vieillot. — Bed-tailed Hawk. — Common. 



Aquila chrysaetus canadensis, Ridgway. — Golden Eagle. — One 

 often seen until January 29, when it was killed by Wm. Greg. It had * 

 been feeding on the putrid carcass of a hog, and when taken contained 

 a quantit} 7 of the flesh. Another was seen on Feb. 3d, when the writer 

 drove within thirt}' or forty yards of it which did not frighten it from 

 its perch. 



Haliaetus leccocephalus, Savig. — Bald Eagle. — Present through" 

 out the winter. 



Cathartes aura, Illig. — Turkey Buzzard. — After an absence of 

 about thirty days, several of these birds returned during a few warm 

 days near the 20th of December. 



Zenadura carolinensis, Bp. — Turtle Dove. — Common all winter. 



Bonasa umbellus, Stephens. — Buffed Grouse; Pheasant. — Several 

 specimens taken during December. 



Orttx yirginiana, Bp. — American Quail. — Has never been common 

 since the winter of 1878-9. Comparatively rare this winter. 



Merqus merganser americanus, Ridgwa}\ — American Sheldrake. — 

 Common all winter, feeding in the deepest parts of the river, wherever 

 there is current enough to keep the ice from forming. The presence of 

 this species and the Fish-hawk and Bald Eagle is ascribed to the fact 

 that the deep swift portions of the Whitewater never freeze entirely 

 over, always leaving good fishing for these species. 



Larus argentatus smithsonianus, Coues. — American Herring Gull. 

 — Bui one seen. That taken by the writer, Januaiy 20th. — Edgar R. 

 Quick, Brookville, Franklin count}", Indiana. 



Mimus polyglottus, Boie. — Mocking Bird. — Mr. C. W. Beckham, of 

 Bardstowu, Nelson Co., Kentucky (about 100 miles southwest of Cin- 

 cinnati), writes that he took a specimen of the Mocking Bird at that 

 place, about January 25, 1882. — (Ed.) 



