. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. FALCUXIDai — THE FALCtJNS. 2(i I. Bllleo ptntinylrnnirut. Haihts. The Broad-wiii^'cd Ifiiwk appeal's to be dif^tribiitcd over ciistorii North Aiiu'ritii, soiiiewliiit iin^j^'idarly, as I'ar north as the IJritish Provinces, and as tiir west at least as tlie Mis- sissip|ii. It has been found in Flor- ida Ity Mr. Wurdeniaiin, where it was said to bo not uncommon. It is a resident in Culia, where it breeds ; Init it has not been taken in Jamaiea. It has also l)een de- tected in (hiatemala by .M
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. FALCUXIDai — THE FALCtJNS. 2(i I. Bllleo ptntinylrnnirut. Haihts. The Broad-wiii^'cd Ifiiwk appeal's to be dif^tribiitcd over ciistorii North Aiiu'ritii, soiiiewliiit iin^j^'idarly, as I'ar north as the IJritish Provinces, and as tiir west at least as tlie Mis- sissip|ii. It has been found in Flor- ida Ity Mr. Wurdeniaiin, where it was said to bo not uncommon. It is a resident in Culia, where it breeds ; Init it has not been taken in Jamaiea. It has also l)een de- tected in (hiatemala by .Mr. Skin- ner. Audubon states that he never met with it in Louisiana, but Mr. Dre-sser lound it not uncommon from the Xueces eastward. In Sep- temlier he notietnl several near the Missi(jn of San Patricio, and duriuf^ the winter obtained .several s]ieci- niens near San Antonio. In May he shot a youn;4 bird on the Medina Kivor, and early in June he found a nest containing young on the Colorado. It was on a high eot- tonwood-tree, and in an almost inaccessible position. It is not mentioned by Mr. Uownes as occurring in Xova Scotia, though I think it (juite probable it may be found there ; but it is ([uite connuon near Calais, both in Eastern Maine and in New ISrunswick. Professor Verrill gives it as a common summer visitant in Oxford Comity, Me., near Norway, and as still more abundant near the Umbagog Lakes, and appaiently the nu»st common Hawk in that vicinity. He found its nest, June 12, contain- ing two eggs nearly hatched. It is to be met with throughout Massacbusetls, having been I'ound breeding near Williamstown, Springfield, and also in tin; vicinity of Uoston. Its nest was also met with in Middlebury, ^'t., by the late Professor Adams. Mr. Mollwraith, of Hamilton, Canada, has noted extensive migrations of this Hawk in March of dill'erent years, as many as twenty or tiiirty being in view at one time, passing at a considerable height, and moving in circles towards the no
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