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I had a rare chance to see a Broad Winged Hawk adjust a 
so as to carry it easily. He dashed into a pine near me and 
broke off a limb two feet long by one quarter of an inch in diam- 
eter. This he placed in his bill and swung it to see how it 
balanced. He then grasped i i in his claws and moved it along 
m his bill, repeating it several times. finally getting it bal- 
anced to suit him he flew off down wind with it. I was so near 
that T could see his eyes distinctly, but he was too intent on 
his task to notice me; 
Manley Hardy, Letter of June 18,1887. 
Brief Notes. 
I have just stuffed a (male) Broad-winged 
Hawk brought to me by a lady from East 
Whitman. He came into her possession in a 
very uncommon manner. On Feb. 29, just at 
noon, she heard a crash in the parlor. When 
investigation was made a pane of glass, thirty 
! inches square, was found broken and this 
Hawk was found to be the rogue. What 
caused him to fly through ttiis large pane of 
| glass is more than I know, unless* in pursuit of 
I game. His stomach contained the bodies of 
{ what I called, by the shape of tiie bill and 
legs, an English Sparrow, and the legs of 
another bird too much consumed to tell what 
it was. Is this a rare bird, at this time of the 
j year, in this locality, or not? C. C. F., West 
j Duxbury, Mass. 
[We usually get specimens about this time, 
j— E d.] 
Q.& O.Vol. 17, April 1892 p. 64 
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