Palco peregrinus ana-tun . 
Duck Hawk and Kingfisher. 
Lake limb agog, Maine. 
1894. As I was bathing at the float this morning, I heard a 
Sept. 23". Kingfisher rattling almost continuously, and looking out over 
the Lake I saw the bird about 200 yards from shore, flying at a 
height of fifteen or twenj^r feet above the water, making to¬ 
wards our cove. About thirty yards behind the Kingfisher was 
a Duck Hawk coming very swiftly with rapidly vibrating wings. 
He overtook the Kingfisher without the least apparent effort, 
but when he was within a yaisf of it, it plunged down into the 
water making a great splash,but not going beneath the surface, 
and almost immediately rising and flying toward the shore 
again. The Falcon meanwhile had been carried by his great 
velocity twenty yards or more beyond the spot, but he turned 
quickly and again overtook the Kingfisher with the greatest 
apparent ease. Instead of seizing it, however, as I now ex- 
pected him to do he rose slightly above it and shooting past, 
close over its back,turned to meet it. The Kingfisher doubled 
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of course, but being now well within the cove was still able 
to direct its course towards the woods. The Falcon pursued a 
little further, then gave up the chase and came directly over 
me giving me a fine view. I saw distinctly that he was a young 
male. Will Sargent also saw this chase. He is inclined to 
believe with me that the Falcon could have caught the Kingfish¬ 
er had he really tried but that he pursued it more in sport 
