. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. — THE FALCDNS. 1*-o regular anil continuous. Tliough in tliose respects so closely resenil)]ing the young i ol' T. sjxinrroidcs, it may be distiiiguislied I'mni it by tlie .sliarjj definition oi' tlie black niarkiugs on the side ot the head and on the wing- coverts, and ot tiie Idack liars on tlic inner welis ot tlie primaries. We have eviTy reason to iloubt whether this specimen was actually collected in Cuba, since so many ot the s])ecinicns in tin' Lutresnaye Collection arc in
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. — THE FALCDNS. 1*-o regular anil continuous. Tliough in tliose respects so closely resenil)]ing the young i ol' T. sjxinrroidcs, it may be distiiiguislied I'mni it by tlie .sliarjj definition oi' tlie black niarkiugs on the side ot the head and on the wing- coverts, and ot tiie Idack liars on tlic inner welis ot tlie primaries. We have eviTy reason to iloubt whether this specimen was actually collected in Cuba, since so many ot the s])ecinicns in tin' Lutresnaye Collection arc incorrectly laljclled as reganls locality. A young <? from Georgia, in the .same collection, is somewhat similar, but dillers in the following respects. Tlie rufous beneath is conlined to the breast, sides, and alitlomen, but is as deep (i. e. only a shade or two lighter than that on the back); the tw(j outer pairs of tail-feathers are mostly ashy- white, with large spots of black. LIST OF EXAMINKI). Xiitional Mii.'^cuii), 4; Boston Society, 2 ; Miis. Coiii|). Zool., 3; Philaclclpliia Acadeni)', 4 ; Nuw Yoik Museum, 2 ; G. N. Lawrciiw, 4. Toliil, Habits. The common Sparrow Hawk of America has an exteialeil dis- tribution throughout the greater portion of North America, althougli it was not observed by Mr. jMacFarlane, nor by any other collectors in the higher Arctic re- gie ms, imr was it met with by Mr. Dall in Alaska. Mr. Iv(!nia- (iitt found it nestirig at F(irt li'esdlution (lal. (i2"), (III Creat Slave Lake, and M\: Clark at Fort Jiae. These are the highest points to wiu'di we have any kudwledge of its hav- ing been traced. Sir John Hichard- son speaks of it as I 1 i ill 1 TiiinunciUiis liiH^rreritis. abundant on the banks of the Saskatchewan, in the neighborhood of Carlton House. It jirobably breeds throughout Xorth America, from Hudson's Hay to Mexico, and from. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have bee
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