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Falco snarverius . 
Springfield, Mass. 
189S. "About the middle of March, at ray farm, five miles from 
Mar. 23. Springfield, a pair of Sparrow Hawks by their actions gave 
the best of evidence that they intended to nest. They have 
taken possession of a pigeon box, driving the occupants away. 
This seams to me very early for them to breed." 
Letter from Robert 0. Morris. 
Peterborough, New Hampshire. 
1899. On August 28th as I was standing on the summit of Pack 
July Monadnock a young female Sparrow Hawk came flying past skim- 
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August. ming low over the rocks. This bird was no doubt a migrant 
(it was moving southward at the time) but the species probably 
breeds sparingly in this region for I saw an adult between 
Rindge and Winchendon about twelve miles south of Peterborough 
on the morning of July 10, 1899. 
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