. Birds of Michigan. Birds. ZOOLOG ICAL DEI'a rtmext. m (KneeJand i; breeds; nests in May in trees; " took set of five eji^s at Plymouth. April 24, 1892 " (J. B. Pnrdy); '-breeds commonly in Kent county " (S. E. White): F. M. Falconer took two eggs from a nest in the spring of 1892. and later took five from the same nest; â â¢K. R. Willhelm of Kalamazoo climbed to nine nests from twenty to forty-tive feet high in one day and secured twenty three eggs" (Dr. M. Gibbs); eggs two to six. undis- tinguishable from those of the Marsh Hawk; free to visit poultry yards. I have known
. Birds of Michigan. Birds. ZOOLOG ICAL DEI'a rtmext. m (KneeJand i; breeds; nests in May in trees; " took set of five eji^s at Plymouth. April 24, 1892 " (J. B. Pnrdy); '-breeds commonly in Kent county " (S. E. White): F. M. Falconer took two eggs from a nest in the spring of 1892. and later took five from the same nest; â â¢K. R. Willhelm of Kalamazoo climbed to nine nests from twenty to forty-tive feet high in one day and secured twenty three eggs" (Dr. M. Gibbs); eggs two to six. undis- tinguishable from those of the Marsh Hawk; free to visit poultry yards. I have known one to dart down and carry otf a chicken within ;i rod of where I stood; Dr. A. K. Fishei-. than whom there is hardly better authority, writes me: "The true Hen Hawk, (juite injurious, destroys pigeons and poultry, probably the only common harmful ; Prof. A. W. Butler writes me to the same effect. It is sometimes known as lilue hawk, blue darter (South) and blue-tailed hawk. 147-3»54-(4:l)0). Accipiter atricapilliis (Tri7s.). American Goshawk. Occasionally seen in sununer; more frequently in winter; more common north, where it breeds; Dr. M. Gibbs w^rites me that it surely breeds in Wexford Co.; one in our museum from Berrien Co.; taken by A. H. Boies in Hillsdale Co., and by S. PI White in Kent and Mackinac Island; one killed north by Elmer Durfee; Mr. Levi Broas has a hue one in his collection taken Ijy him in Ionia Co.: -'this and the two preceding species are the most harmful of the hawks, the others rarely prey upon poultry" (Prof. J. A. Allen). Gknts BTTKO Red-tailed Hawk, natural size. 14S .*?.*?7 i510). Buteo horealis (G»ie/.i. *Red-tailf,i> Hawk: Red-taileo Buz- zard; Hen Hawk. Very common; throughout the state; "'Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "'Macki- nac Island" (S. E. White); '-Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); this and the next species are among our most common hawks; -'this species and the Red-shoul
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