. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 330 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. as May 17, l)efore tlie ice had given way in the livers; and in his tables of phenomena observed at the Cumberland House, in latitude 54°, we also observe tliat a White-headed Eagle was seen as early as the 24th of Alaich, " being aluiost always the first of the sununer birds which ; Mr. MacFarlane found these Eagles breeding on Lockhart Iliver, latitude 67° 30', but does not regard it as abundant in that locality, and from the information he has
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 330 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. as May 17, l)efore tlie ice had given way in the livers; and in his tables of phenomena observed at the Cumberland House, in latitude 54°, we also observe tliat a White-headed Eagle was seen as early as the 24th of Alaich, " being aluiost always the first of the sununer birds which ; Mr. MacFarlane found these Eagles breeding on Lockhart Iliver, latitude 67° 30', but does not regard it as abundant in that locality, and from the information he has received from the Indians, he pre- sumes latitude ()8° to be its extreme north- ern range. In the fol- lowing year, 1862, this suj)])( was in part confirmed by his find- ing a i)iiir breeding on the .same river, near its junction with the An- derson, in latitude 68° north. ]\Ir. B. II. L'oss states that it ranges to the Arctic Circle, and is numerous around Great Slave and Bear Lakes. It proved to very common at Sitka, where Bischoff obtained a number of si)ecimens. Dr. Cooper, during his journey northward to the 49th degree, found this one of the most abundant birds of the Falcon tribe in Washington Terri- tory, particularly along the Columbia Iliver. It is a constant resident in the Territory, and is said to lay its eggs as early as February. He saw largo numbers along the Columbia, sitting on some log or cliff over the water. He never met with it about high mountain tops nor on the plains east of the Kocky Mountains. Dr. Newberry mot \\ith this Eagle in the interior of Northern California, along the Sacramento and San Joa([uin Bivers. He found it very connnon at the Cascades of the Columbia, at the Falls of the Willamette, and still more al)undant about the chain of lakes in the Klamath l)asin, and also in the Cascade Bango, among the mountain lakes, and wherever fish was attainable. They exhibited little shyness, and wore easily 1)rought within rifle range. In F
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