2m; FALCUNS, HAWKS, menus, are.

labored, and when on the wing this llawk resembles the Osprey more than any other bird of prey. . . .

“ Of 4!) stomaehs examined, 40 contained mice: 5. other mammals: 1, lizards; 1, insects; and 4 were empty " (Fisher).

348. Archibuteo ferrugineusr Lie/LL). Fiiimrmxors ROUGH-LEG. AIL. 1/5/11! /'/2«1.w.——L‘ppei‘ parts mostly rut‘ous, the centers ot' the feathers t'u.<< eous; tail grayish white, inargined with rut'ous; legs rut'ous. barred with black; rest of under parts white, more or less barred with rut'uus on the sides and belly: tarsi fully feathered in front. .ll/Z'.""[illlicl‘ parts dark grayish brown, slightly varied with oehraeeous—lmfi'; tail silvery grayish brown, without bars, the base white; under parts white, lightly spotted and streaked with fuseous. Dark p/mse.——Dark t'useousrbrown, more or less Varied with rut'uus; prima- ries and tail as in the ad. I“, 2304); \\'., 17-110; T, 1050.

[fer/zvlrk.-.!'l'l1is species is to be distinguished from the preceding prin— cipally by its much larger bill and ditl'erently eulored tail and under parts.

Range!" Western United States; east to and across the great plains toe- easionally to Illinois): north to the Saskatchewan; south into Mexico” (Ben— dire).

Avast, in trees or on the ground in roeky plaees. Egg/8, two to four, “ white, or batty white. usually more or less spotted. hlutehed, or clouded with brown or grayish purple (or both), 2-42 x 1'55" tliidgw.»

This bird is rarely found east of the Mississippi. Dr. Fisher re- marks: “ The Squirrel Hawk is pro-eminently a. bird of the prairie,

and, unlike the common Roughdeg, ‘j -, shows little partiality to the vieinily of water. though in other respects it closely resembles the latter bird in habits.”

349. Aquila chrysaétos (£17271). Comm): EAGLE. “1(l.!B{ICl( of the head and nape pale. butl'y oehraoeous; basal two thirds of‘ the tail white: tarsus white, entirn/yfiiatlm'etl; rest of the plumage fuseous»|)rown; quills fuseous. Im.—— Similar, but base of the tail with broken grayish bars ; tarsus and under tail- corerts Ot'lll'ilt‘COUS‘lHlil'. 6 L, ran-om 35w; Ex” 7s~ort_s.rno; w.. 2:;-<m~2r70: 1% 14-00—1300; Tina. Rain—:Mo. <2 L,7 33~mp

Fm, 71. —I“oot of Golden Eagle. 40-00; Han, 844007901»); W.. BROO-QTOH; T., moons-no; Tan, 4-!” :3 (Kidgwfii.

IfrzngzaANortli America: ot‘ rare oeeurrenee east of the Mi 7

Washington, rare W. V. Sing Sing. A. V.

dist. on elifis or rocky ledges. [ff/[m two to three. dull white, ohscurely 01‘ di. inctly blotebed or speckled with shades of'eiunanion—brown, 2‘93 x 2'34.

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