. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . knockedout Mr. Hawk for fear he might re-turn I have found a few nests of thishawk and believe that in each casean old crows nest was fixed up andused. Several nests were exceedinglyflat and flimsy, and half fallen out ofthe tree, and looked to be old crowsnests several seasons old. All that I have found were in thetops of second-growth hemlock andgenerally well hidden from sight. Inheight they ranged from twenty tofifty feet. The number of eggs is usu-ally five, sometimes only four. Afriend of mine found a nest containingsix eggs
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . knockedout Mr. Hawk for fear he might re-turn I have found a few nests of thishawk and believe that in each casean old crows nest was fixed up andused. Several nests were exceedinglyflat and flimsy, and half fallen out ofthe tree, and looked to be old crowsnests several seasons old. All that I have found were in thetops of second-growth hemlock andgenerally well hidden from sight. Inheight they ranged from twenty tofifty feet. The number of eggs is usu-ally five, sometimes only four. Afriend of mine found a nest containingsix eggs. This nest, by the way, wasin a beech tree and is the only onethat I know of that was not in a hem-lock. May 20-30 is the time to findfresh eggs here. They will nest twice if molested thefirst time as I know from experience^ith a pair whose first set of five Itook late in May. This pair movedabout half mile farther on and laid asecond set of four by the middle ofJune. Most of the nests I have foundI have discovered by the actions ofthe male. THE OOLOGIST 55. No. 26 Nest and Eggs of Sharp Shinned Hawk in Massachusetts —Photo by A. C. Hill 56 TH» OOLOQIBT If the male happens to be near thenest when an intruder passes along,it will at once begin screaming. If aperson stops to look much, the birdwill get very restless and fly about,always alighting close by and scream-ing. In such a case in late May Iusually start in and look carefullythrough the hemlock and it generallydoesnt take long to find the the female will not leaveunless the tree is jarred quite hard. The Sharp-shin as well as all otherhawks are each year becomingscarcer. I used to shoot a good manyhawks of different species but of lateyears I let them pass as I have all Ineed in my collection and I find thatif not killed off they will return eachyear to the same locality and thus Ialways know where to look for B. Simpson. News Note. The well-known naturalist, C. (J. M. W.) of Norwich,
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