cv 
7 Two Sparrow Hawks' nests were found 
May 13, each a set of four. One of the 
nests was in an old Flicker’s hole in an ap- 
ple tree just a few rods back of a farmer’s 
barn. Cooper’s Hawk are very common. 
Especially worthy of mention were a set 
of ' six eggs May 9, and a set of four 
sprinkled with reddish brown spots the size/ 
of a pin head. 
yyla^j. R/'f.'G. 
® + l£. CU^j. !***/. pjtro' 
New Eng. Rap tores. Number Eggs in 
a set. F.H. Carpenter. 
Pigeon Hawk, ( Falco columbarius ). 
1 set of 4 
0,&0. XII. Oct. 1887 P.167 
New Eng. Raptores. Number Eggsin 
a set. F. H. Carpenter. 
j Sparrow Hawk, ( Falco sparverius') . 
14 sets of 4 
11 “ » 5 
O &O. XII. Oct. 1887 p. 167 
Birds Tioga Oo, Ni "Y". AIds.fi Loring, 
420 Sparrow Hawk. Quite rare. Breeds 
mlds in a natural cavity in a tree. J had the 
good luck last year to find a nest It “L 
Sued Ive* yout fr °r t T k ^ C - 
There were three males ami two 'females! ^he 
ood of tins specks consists of grasshoppers 
small birds and field mice. P ’ 
Ott&Ot xy t jane, iS9o, d>qq 1 
1981. The American Sparrow Hawk. By Dr. W. S. Strode. 
No. 2, July, 1890, pp. 3-6. — Chiefly nesting habits. 
& C olonist's Bemi -ani ltial.Yol. 2. 
329. Sparrow-Hawk and Plover. By Charles A. Willis. Ibid., VI, 
p. 64.— Diving of the latter to escape attack. 
* 71 ’ S *fZ™ HaWk ' B ^J no - «• Sage. Ibid., VI, p. 6. — Breeding 
at Portland, Conn., in a pigeon-hole in a barn ! Also notice of capture C Q 
vinter fFeb. a. tSStV ’ ° R 
Q.aud Q» 
of Acc.ipiter fuscus in winter (Feb. 4, 1881). 
1142. The Sparro-w Hawk's Services. By A. (— H.] W. Henshaw. 
Ibid., No. 14, April 19, p. 263. (Under the same title is a note also by 
Henry Litchfield West.)— In answer to the last (No. H4£F©r, fy Stream. Yoi.XXVI 
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