Accipitor fuscus. 
1868. 
Apr* 28. 
Middlesex County, Hass. 
One sitting on a post; I got very near it. 
1869. 
Apr. 18. 
Several seen during the day. 
Sept, 2. 
Saw one catch and kill a striped squirrel. 
1870. 
Apr. 21, 
One, 
« 26. 
One, 
May 23. 
Nest in v/hite pine, 'vith five fresh eggs; birds 
▼ery bold, darting down v/ithin a few feet, and perching 
on some neighboring branches, waving their heads sideways 
v/ith an Owl-like motion. 
Sept.Oet., 
& Nov, 
Seen occasionally (Cambridge), 
Dec, 30. 
Sayr one. 
1871. 
Jan. 7. 
Saw one, probably the bird seen December 30 as it 
was in the same place. 
May 1. 
Seen them at intervals through the spring. During 
a short walk to-day I observed no less than five, start¬ 
ing three in a small grove of cedars. 
* 11. 
Still seem migrating; I see numbers daily. 
1872. 
Fob. 23. 
A very small male which I bought in Boston market 
was in full adult plumage; It came from Cape Cod. 
The stomach contained the remains of a Tree Sparrow in- 
cluding the bill and legs, The crop a neatly plucked 
Chickadee among the intestines of which wore many larfae 
white worms about one and a quarter inches long and ap- 
apparently all dead. ^ 
Apr. 3. 
Migrating all day at Concord, Mass. in considerable 
numbers. 
1875. 
“ 26. 
Saw two flying northward. 
1876. 
Apr. 8. 
Two seen by Deans in Belmont. 
May 1, 
One in Lincoln. 
Sept.27. 
One (Concord), 
