Nesting of Peregrine Falcon. 
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April 10, visited the east side of Mt. 
Katahdin ; noticed, while pitching camp, a 
pair of Duck Hawks flying Around, evi- 
dently anjioyed at our presence. Thinking 
they had a nest in the vicinity, we deter- 
mined to spend a while in searching for it. 
April 14, found the nest of the Duck 
Hawks on an easily accessible ledge on a 
bluff on the east side of the Mt., partly 
screened by a few low cedars. 
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O.&Q. IX. Jan. 1881. P- /* 
BY FRANK As BATES. 
Two line sets of eggs of the American Pere- 
grine Falcon, ( Falco peregrinus nceoius ) were 
found during the past season on Mount Torn, 
Mass., by Mr. Geo. H. Avery. 
The first set was found April loth, 1888, and 
the clutch contained four eggs, seven-tenths in- 
cubated. The nest was on a shelving rock, and 
consisted of a little dirt, grass and pine needles, 
but there were no sticks. The female was on 
the nest. 
Nol: Ground color, creamy white, lightly 
blotched on large end with light reddish brown, 
gradually increasing in density toward small 
end, where the ground color is entirely and 
Nesting of the Dock Hawk ( Falco communis ) in Vermont.— soured. This egg at the large end 
On June 30 1879 my friend, Mr. Frank Winslow, procured a fine female liderable resemblance to some of the 
example of this species, on what is called “ Buzzard Hill ” in the south cimens of the Sparrow Hawk. Size 
part of Brandon. The locality is rough and rocky, and a pair have bred • ..... ,, , . 
" . T . , , , ht j... „ r,ov.'nrl nf more Lightly blotched on small end, m- 
in this vicinity, so I am informed by Mr. Winslow, tor a period ot more . . 
J rr,, , , .. , n density toward the large end, exactly 
than twenty vears. They were very destructive to the poultry in the vi- ■> , B , 
man iwuiuj j j 7 , ifNo.l. General color slightly dark- 
cinity, and many unsuccessful attempts were made to shoot them, until ^ ^ 
Mr. Winslow, remaining concealed near the nest for an entire day, shot to Ko . ^ but gene ral color 
both male and female as they returned about dusk. At the same time he ^ 2 . 2.14 x 1.74. 
destroyed the nest, which then contained one egg. If. II. Ivnowlton, j g g0 deeply colored that the ground 
Brandon, IT-Bull. N.O.O. 5, Jan,, 1880, p, ^ / 
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sends us a graphic description of two visits by members of 
the Greenfield Natural History Society to Mt. Sugarloaf, 
when they were fortunate enough to secure two sets of 
Eggs of the Duck Hawk. He says : 
“This site has been used many years by the Hawks, two 
nests of young having been taken, and one of two eggs 
besides those of ours, and ail hut one have been taken from 
the same shelf. This shelf was a slightly curved rock, 
slanting downwards, with but a few feathers and nothing 
else. 
The eggs, two in number, were of a reddish brown color 
with finely spattered spots of darker shades of the same. 
The only places in Massachusetts to my knowledge, where 
these hawks breed, are Mt. Tom, Mt. Holyoke, and Mt. 
Sugarloaf. In Connecticut, only Talcott Mountain.” 
Duck Hawks breeding in the Helderberg Mountains. New York. 
summer I observed a pair of Duck Hawks {Falco peregrinus ncevius) 
several times in the neighborhood of a high cliff in the Helderberg Moun- 
tains, about thirty miles from Albany. Thinking it probable from their 
actions that they had bred there, I visited the locality last April and found 
that they had been there some time already. Diligent search was at once 
commenced for the nest; during which the old birds were frequently seen, 
and evinced the highest degree of excitability. On the nth of April 
the eyrie was discovered ; the eggs, four in number, were placed upon 
the bare suriace of a ledge in an extremely wild situation ; there was no 
appearance of a nest, but the eggs were surrounded merely by a few bones 
and feathers. The birds showed the greatest anger, flying, shrieking, in 
circles overhead. They were not shot and probably bred elsewhere upon 
the mountain later on, although their second nest was not discovered. 
— G. A. Lintner , Albany, N. V. AU k, I, Oct. , 1884. p. /. 
New Eng. Raptores. Number Eggs In 
a set. F.H. Carpenter. 
.tirely obscured, slightly paler at the 
small end; 2.12x1.67. 
Nos. 1 aud 3 at the dark ends bear lighter 
blotches, as if touched before the color was 
dry. 
The color of this set is very peculiar, being a 
very dull, raw sienna color. 
The second set were found on May 13, 1888, 
about twenty rods south of the former nest, 
and contained three eggs, six-tenths incubated. 
The nest was on a narrow shelving rock, simi- 
lar to the first nest. No sticks were found. 
In this case also the female was on the nest. 
No. 1 : Evenly blotched all over with reddish 
brown, overlaid with finer markings of darker, 
almost chocolate brown. This egg is generally 
darker than any in the preceding set, still the 
ground shows through; size 2.07 xl.62. 
No. 2: Generally darker than No. 1, ground 
color not showing through at the larger end 
and the darker markings more intense; 2.21 x 
1.65. 
No. 3 : Has general appearance of No. 1, but 
darkest of all ; 2.21x1.64. This egg very close- 
ly resembles the figure (PI. 16, fig. 2), in 
Capen's Oology of N. E. 
Nos. 2 and 3 bear each a dark blotch which 
looks as if the color which was rubbed off of 
Nos. 1 and 2 of Set I, was daubed on these. 
Both of these sets are now in the cabinet of 
Mr. Wyia^reg|^ ;0ct> 1888 p>15a . 7 
Duck Hawk, ( Falco peregrinus noevius ) . 
2 sets of 2 
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O.&o. XII. Oct. 1887 P.167 
J. I arker Norris has added to his cabinet 
a fine set of four eggs of the Duck Hawk, 
taken on Mount Tom, Mass., on May 6 , 
1893 , by H. W. Smith. They are beautiful 
specimen*. _ „ . 
Q.& Q-VoLia. June. 1803 n.01 
A Philadelphia Collection of Eg g s of 
the Raptores. 
Falco peregrinus noevius. American Peregrine I 
Falcon. Two sets of three. Total; two sets, 
six eggs. 
O & O. XIV. Mar. 1889 p.4D 
'Collection of Rapfores Eggs. J, P, N. 
Duck Hawk, - - ‘ 
O.&O. XV. Apr. 1290. p. 5Q 
