Pair of 
'Buteo lineatus 
was perched for several minutes in a dead pine on the 
(Red-shouldered hillside above the chestnuts. The female alighted within 
a few yards of him for a few moments but kept for the most 
part in the air, soaring in wide circles, rather high, 
screaming almost incessantly. He answered her every now 
and then, from his perch, opening his mouth very widely 
at each note. I could not detect any difference between 
his cries and hers. The two made the whole country ring 
with their wild, thrilling music for to my ears the voice 
of this Hawk is one of the most musical sounds of our New 
England woods. Both birds were in fully adult plumage 
with red breasts and pure white tail bands. They did not 
seem to be much disturbed by my presence. 
The Nuthatches were at the suet for half-an- 
hour or more this morning. The male again kept the 
female from alighting on it and again gave to her many of 
the pieces he chiseled out of it with his sharp bill. 
But on this occasion she ate every one of them the moment 
she received them from him. He did not seem to object 
to this, although whenever she was not near at hand he 
would fly off with the pieces and cach e them in crevices 
or under bark, as he did on the morning of the 17th. The 
female is a very handsome one. Indeed, her crown and nape 
are so nearly or largely black that we have some difficulty 
in distinguishing her from the male, especially when the 
light is not good. 
White-bellied 
Nuthatches 
