Acciuiter atricapillus and Aix snonsa 
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Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
18S7. We started homeward a little before sunset. As we were 
Sept.22. rowing up the Androscoggin a Wood Duch crossed that river com¬ 
ing from Sweat's Meadow. A moment later I saw it coming bach 
through the stubs flying at great speed with a Hawh in hot 
pursuit. About 30 ft. separated the two birds when they first 
attracted my attention. The Hawh reduced this distance about 
one half in the next 100 yards but the Duch on reaching the 
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middle of the river inclined sharply downward and striking the 
water with great force at once disappeared beneath the surface 
diving directly from on wing. The Hawh turning bach alighted 
on a stub on the left bank. I had a good view of him as he 
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sat with his breast turned towards me and decided him to be an 
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adult Cooper's, ray only doubt for the moment being as to 
whether he was a male or not. The Duch by this time had come 
to the surface and the Hawh again stooped at her, when she 
again dove. This was repeated at least seven or eight times. 
Either the Duch grew tired or, as I thought at the time, more 
confident, for after the first two or three dives she would 
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wait until the very last instant before going under. Indeed 
the Hawh more than once extended its logs and feet (both of 
them thrust forward nearly to his head) with the talons wide 
spread evidently fully expecting this time tcb grasp his prey, 
and more than once his talons seemed to be within less than a 
foot of the Duch when she disappeared. Had he poised over the 
