84

Concord, Mass.
1916.
Aug. 30
to
Nov. 4

Hawks.
Red-shoulder [Red-shouldered Hawk]
Sparrow hawk
Red-tail [Red-tailed Hawk]
Marsh H. [Hawk]
Cooper's [Cooper's Hawk] & Sharp shin [Sharp-shinned Hawk]

like their former numbers although exceptions to the
rule are afforded by the Red-shouldered Hawk, which
continues to reappear as plentifully as ever, and by the
Sparrow hawk, now a common frequenter of much open
country where it occurred only very rarely, if at all, not
long ago. The Red-Tailed Hawk, on the other hand, has
wholly ceased within the last decade to reoccupy any of its
former haunts near Concord while most of those which
the Marsh Hawk once tenanted or visited so regularly
in spring and summer, and so very abundantly in early autumn,
no longer afford daily opportunities of watching the graceful,
low-gliding flight of that attraction. Equally obvious
if somewhat less to be deplored is the fact that
Cooper's [Cooper's Hawk] and Sharp-shinned Hawks have diminished
rapidly and very considerably in numbers during the
past few years. I failed to obtain evidence that