305 
1876. 
Buteo linoatus, 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
(May 24) 
Oct, 
9. 
gan to climb the tree she started off and after wheeling 
about us a few times sailed away over the woods and dis¬ 
appeared. The nest contained two eggs, both slightly 
incubated. 
zar. 
A female in perfect fall plumage shot to-day by Pra- 
Nov. 
A fine adult malo,wass shot on the cedar ridge 
Watertown yesterday. I dissected the bird and found in 
Its crop and stomach the remains of a male Quail ( Qrtvx 
X VXi^iuianu^ ) a very small Shrew ( Sorex -) and a sin¬ 
gular looking Mole, which, being headless, I could not 
make out. This is the first time I ever found bird re¬ 
mains in a Buteo. 
1876. 
Mar. 23. 
Apr. 29, 
May 1. 
1879. 
A fine adult at Concord. 
A set of four eggs taken by Eager in Newton. He 
caught the female on the nest in a stool trap. The -ggs 
were incubated only a few days. Warren took a set of 
sets of eggs 
from the same nest last year and one in 1874. This sea¬ 
son he caught both parents in a stoSjl trap sot in the 
Hawk* substituted for those of the 
Iv had sn extensive pine swamp in Lincoln evident- 
within shnt * followed us about and the mala came 
within shot' once or twice. 
Apr, 26, 
8 . 
1880! 
Oct, 29, 
1881. 
Oct. 20. 
nest ^ " 
Mo ^ ^ Circling about over the oak grove on Rock 
taken there several weeks ago. 
Co„oordRi‘v“.^lrf",T'“ pipage oa 
“jsj :rTiZ:'zTs 
to hide but rufline its o®re it did not attempt 
wuh extended 
Saw several on the concord River meadows. 
