308 
Buteo ponnsylvanicus. 
Middlesex County, Mass, 
1871. 
Sept. 6, 
One shot in tho Pine Swamp by Deane. 
1874. 
Juno 3. 
Saw one in Waltham—too distinctly to warrant any 
doubt as to its identification. 
1875. 
Oc t • 3, 
A young bird in fall plumage brought to me to-day; 
it was shot in Belmont on tho 2d. Its stomach and crop 
were-crammed with toads and contained nothing else. 
1876. 
Sept,14 
Saw two young birds in Sandy Pond woods, Lincoln and 
shot one of them from my buggy. 
