88

1916.
Aug. 30
to
Nov. 4

Marsh Hawk.

  The Marsh Hawk was noted only thrice during
the entire autumn - on September 14 [September 14, 1916], 28 [September 28, 1916] and October 25 [October 25, 1916].
On each of these occasions a single adult [male] was seen
roaming in quest of prey, after the usual manner of his kind,
over grassy upland fields within or near the boundaries
of our farm. Birds of the same species, similarly
employed, may perhaps have visited the river meadows
somewhat oftener, but as to this I am unable to
testify because so seldom there myself.

Fish Hawk.

  Ospreys, migrating southward, were seen on two
occasions: - September 7 [September 7, 1916], when one passed near Balls
Hill while Henshaw [Henry Wetherbee Henshaw] was practising golf in Bensen's pasture,
and September 17 [September 17, 1916], when I happened to espy another
flying above our farm orchard so very high in air
that it looked no bigger than a Swallow. Journeying 
thus, through elevated spaces undimmed by either cloud
or haze, it may then have had within range of its keen