304 
Butoo lineatus. 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
1866. 
Nov.17 
Shot a peculiar light^^colored specimen in the Pine 
Svfamp. This bird vras afterYmrds announced by Allen 
and Maynard as Buteo coooeri—a mistaken irienti rieat.i on . 
1867. 
May 25. 
Pound a nest formed of sticks and leaves and placed 
in a high crotch of an oak. It contained four young, 
apparently about five days old and covered with white 
dovTn one of which I took and kept for twenty-one (21) 
days, when it died; it grev/ to bo about three times its 
former size and v/as bginning to get its feathers. - 
1871. 
Peb. 6. 
One sitting over an open v;ater-fall a few yards from 
the road whore various teams ere continually passing. 
I drove by him several times but he took no notice of mo 
till I stopped the horse, v/hen after a few moments he 
flew. 
Apr. 23. 
Nest found in Nev/ton, Mass, with four eggs contain¬ 
ing embryos far advanced. 
1878 . 
Nov,- 
An extended account of some observations on this 
species on pp.130-135 of my Journal for 1873. 
1876. 
Jan 18. 
Wounded but lost a fine adult near the cedars in 
Watertown. 
Mar, 22. 
Shot an immature female; the stomach v/as perfectly 
empty, the bird fat. 
May 24. 
Aiiest in the fork of an oak, in Rock Meadow Wal¬ 
tham. I walked about under it making a good deal of 
n2)iso but failed to start the bird; upon climbing a 
neighboring tree I looked down upon a sitting bird and a 
fine adult male. When he discovered me he hopped on the 
edge of the nest, then flapped to the nearest limb, and 
after taking a-good look at me, sailed out over my head, 
uttering the usual shrill aue-e—^ in piercing tnn»R 
When I des cended to the ground he at once sheered off 
out of gun-shot as if for the first time discovering rea¬ 
lly what I was. Prom the breadth of the outer rim of 
sticks that encircled this nest I could not see the sit¬ 
ting bird from the ground nor-could he see mo although 
he must have heard mo. On the following day I revisi¬ 
ted the spot and found the bird again sitting; although 
we walked about beneath her talking in loud tones she 
would not fly but I could see her anxiously craning her 
neck over the edge of the nest. When my companion bo— 
