Birds Of Upper St. John. 
Batohelder. 
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84. Accipiter fuscus (^Gm.) Bp. Sharp-shinned Hawk. — “Not 
coiDmon” at Houlton. 
Buli N.0.0, 1832. P.ISI 
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Jackman, Me., 1 noticed a large flock of at least 150 Sharp-.shinned Hawks 
.Mng southwards. The birds composing the flock were distributed over 
an area ot perhaps three miles, and were not flving steadily along when 
seen, borne rvere flying, while others would light on the tops of trees 
alongaroads.de which ran in the general direction in which they were 
tuig- After resting a few minutes they would resume their 'flio-ht 
passing other members of the flock that were resting, so that some otHhe 
buds were constantly on the wing. As it was very difficult to count them, 
i am sure that I underestimated rather than ovferestimated their numbers. 
It seems odd that they should have been flying southward so early in the 
season, and in such a large body. iv vc <5 is . 
