ramoxs, nAwKs, moms. are. 211

“ ()f 56 stomachs examined, ‘2 contained poultry; 41, small birds; 9, mice; 10', insects: and 5 were empty " (Fisher).

The .\[Eltl.l.\' ([502]. ['il/t'l) I'tg/zzz'um and the Klis'l‘ltlil. (351).]. l'hlm [ii/Inm- (‘H/Ms), both UldJVorld species, have each been recorded once from this side ot' the Atlantic. the Merlin t'roin (irccnland, the Kestrel from Massachusetts ((‘ory. .-\uk, v. 1s»: pp 11“. :05).

360. Falco Sparverius Linn. ;\.\ir:mt'.\.\' Sumnow HAWK. .111. 6. ”Buck rul'ous, more or less barred with black: tail rut'ous, a black band near its end, the tip white; head slaty blue. with generally a rut'ous spot on the crown; w'ing-eorerts slaty blue, primaries barred with white; a black mark before and behind the white ear—ceverts: under parts varying from cream— butl‘ to ochraceous—lmlt'; belly and sides spotted with black. 111/. 9 .—Baek, tail, and \\'in},{—c0\'erts rut'ous. barred with black; head as in the male; under parts more or less heavily streaked with dark oehraeeous—bufi'. 1/11.;Closely resemble the adults. LH 10"“): \\',. 7-30; T.. 4‘“): l1. from X. ‘43.

11’ttzq/e.~l’zi'eetls from Florida to Hudson Bay, and winters from New Jer- sey southward.

Washington. common \\'. \'.. rare S. R. Site:r Sing, rather rare 1’. R. Cambridge, rather common 5.11.. Feb. to Nov.

A232. in a hole in a tree. frequently in a “V“Wll‘fi‘l‘flis deserted nest. Eggs. three to sc\'c11. varying from creamy white to rut‘eus. generally finely and evenly marked with shades of the ground eelor, 1'40 >< 111.

An old stub or branchlcss trunk of a dead tree standing,r well out in a field is the kind of perch the Sparrow Hawk most frequently chooses. From this lookout, like a Loggerhead Shrike, he awaits the appearance of game below. Generally it is a g 'asshopper which falls his victim. When he detects one. he flies directly over it and poises on hovering wings until the right opportunity otters, when he drops lightly downward. clutches his prey in his talons. and then returns to his perch to devour it at leisure.

The Sparrow Hawk's call is a rather high. quickly repeated kiln/— A‘I'lly—A‘I'lly-lri/ly, which in some sections gives it the name of “ Killy Haka

" Of 320 stomachs examined. 1 contained a game bird; 53. other birds; 89. mice: 12. other mammals: 12. reptiles or batrachians; 215, insects ; ‘29, spiders; and ‘29 were empty ” (Fisher).

The CI‘BAN Smmtow HAWK (if/II. I‘ll/('0 apart-minim») is of‘aeeidental oc— currence in the Florida Keys. It has two color phases: in one. the under parts, including the under \s'ing—corcrts, are white; in the other, these parts are, rufous.

362. Polyborus cheriway (Jaw/.1. .'\I'nrno.\"s C:\R.-\(',\RA. Al].— lrace bare; crown. lower back. wings. and belly black; throat butl'y: nape, interseapulars, and breast barred with black and butl’y; tail white, barred