Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
Falco peregrinus anatum.
1888, Moose Point, Lake Umbagog.
October 2.
Returning (from Moose Point) spied a Duck Hawk sitting
erect on a stub. Got within 100 yds. and was about to fire a
thread-wound when he flew.
1888, Head of Lake Umbagog.
October 6. Saw a Duck Hawk perched on a stub only two feet above
water, near Outlet. It flew and passed me at 75 yds.. Shot both
barrels without effect.
1889, Lake Umbagog.
September 26. Moll's Carry.
As the steamer passed Moll's Carry I saw a fine adult
female Duck Hawk sitting on the top of a stub. It flew at fully
200 yds. and skimmed off over rhe lake.