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1916.

106. Broad-winged Hawk. A [male] perched in a dead tree top in
our Run on April 25 [April 25, 1916] permitted rather close approach and was very
clearly seen. He looked uncommonly small and indeed scarce
bigger than a female Sharp-shin [Sharp-shinned Hawk]. A similar-looking bird, probably
the self-same one, was seen thrice on the 29th of the month [April 29, 1916],
flying low through our orchard.

107. Bald Eagle. An immature bird in plain brown plumage 
seen on May 20 [May 20, 1916], by Mr. & Mrs. Robbins, soaring high over the
wooded country near Walden Pond. It is interesting to recall
in this connection that a similar looking Eagle was sighted
on May 19 of last year [May 19, 1915] at our farm & by these same trustworthy
field ornithologists.

108. Carolina Dove. Noted on the following dates, only: April 21 [April 21, 1916],
when a bird cooed many times at short regular intervals, about 9 A.M.,
in Prescott Pines; April 26 [April 26, 1916] when one was heard cooing on Davis Hill
& either the same or another seen flying through our Run; May 31 [May 31, 1916] and
June 4 [June 4, 1916], when a solitary bird, startled by the approach of our motor car,
rose from a sandy roadside near Carlisle Bridge; June 9 [June 9, 1916], when
two Doves flying over the river meadows bordering Caesar's woods,
were seen by me from the windows of a passing railroad train.

109. Ruffed Grouse. Remains of four birds killed & eaten by some bird
of prey, presumably a Goshawk, were found by me early in April, in
brushy places about the edges of our cultivated land. Nevertheless 
the number of Partridges afterwards seen in neighboring woodlands was
nearly if not quite normal for that time of year. Cock birds began
drumming on April 16 [April 16, 1916]. They were heard at the head of the Run, on the
old wall further down, near Barrett Spring & in Birch Field. I met with
no brood of newly hatched young this year.