. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. FALC(»N1UJ<; — TllK FALCONS. 281 Mr. L. llcilinlirodt i\nuu[ lli(. ol' lliis Hawk iiciir , 'IVxiis. One eg«,' Wiis taken IVom lliu uust, and in a iV-w days al'tor a second was luund to have been deposited (.S. I, ;),S<,J4), The liandswiie varit'ty known as // r/ is generally spoken of Ly all familiar witli its liaKits, as well as with its appearanee, as tin' almost counterpart of the lied-shduldered Hawk, re- l)laciug that i'onu on the west coast. In r
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. FALC(»N1UJ<; — TllK FALCONS. 281 Mr. L. llcilinlirodt i\nuu[ lli(. ol' lliis Hawk iiciir , 'IVxiis. One eg«,' Wiis taken IVom lliu uust, and in a iV-w days al'tor a second was luund to have been deposited (.S. I, ;),S<,J4), The liandswiie varit'ty known as // r/ is generally spoken of Ly all familiar witli its liaKits, as well as with its appearanee, as tin' almost counterpart of the lied-shduldered Hawk, re- l)laciug that i'onu on the west coast. In regard to its distinctive spceitic iiahits hut little is as yet known, but it is proliai)lo they are not essentially dilVer- ent I'roni those ol' the /i/tni/ns, Dr. Cooper bearing positive testimony to tliis I'act. Me found this Hawk connnon in the .southern ])art of the State, _ especially near San Diego, l)ut he did not meet with any in the Colorado Valley. ()n his apjU'oach to one of them, it would always ily oil' from its usual perch, circling up high into the air, and uttering sliort shrill screams in rajjid succession in the mannei' of the linrntnx. He no- ticed a itair constantly at one place near a ranch, and sujiposed they were about building there, but was not al)le to iind the nest. Among the memoranda of Mr. Xantus, made at Fort Tejon, Cal., is one dated ]\Iay 0, mentioning the finding tlie nest of this species. It contained I'our eggs, was built in an old decayed trc(!, in a swam]), and was aliont fifteen feet from the ground. The nest was large and made of Buteo eUsans. Buteo borealis (Gmel.). BED-TAILED HAWK. Sp. Cnxn. Form licavy and rolm.^t ; wintrs moderate, tlio third to fifth (Viill ; the first shorter than the seventh; outer four with inner wchs cnt. Foot stroi.^r. the tarsi and toes robust, and claws not very acnte. Dimensions: Winjr. l.';);); tail, ,'?0: cnlnien, nt)-!.!"); tarsus,'_'.70-.^.K); middle toe
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