Distribution of Kew England Birds. - 
A Eeply to Dr. Brewer. H.A. Purdie. 
I notice a slight exception 
in the case of Nisus fusous, a few writers regarding it as only a summer 
visitant, even to Massachusetts ; hut that it, as well as the others, remains 
in greater or less numbers in certain sections the year round, is well known 
to collectors. 
Bull. N. 0.0. 2, Jan.. 1877. p. /y. 
Birds of Bristol County, Mass. 
P.W. Andros. 
AccipUer velox (Wils.), Sharp-shinned Hawk. | 
Kesident, common. Breeds. 
o &0.xn. Sent. 1887 
Sharp-shinned Hawk in Maine in Winter.— On January 6, 1914, a 
bird was brought to me for identification. It had flown into one of the 
storehouses on the post on January 3 and died January 5. It proved to 
be a very large male Sharp-shinned Hawk {Accipiter velox). 
This is the fifth record of the occurrence of this bird in Maine during 
the winter months. — Lieutenant G. Ralph Meyer, U. S. A., Ft, Mc- 
Kinley, Me. 
