. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . NorthAmerica, south to Mexico ; breeding locally Golden Eagle FAM. XXIX. HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. 207 24. White Gyrfalcon (353. Fdlco isldndus). — This arcticfalcon, which has been found in northern Maine, is, in goodphmiage, a slightly mottled white all over. There is apt to bemore or less of brownish and grayish in bars or streaks on theshoulders, central tail feathers, and head. Length, 22 ; wing, 16 ; tail, 0^ ; tarsus, 2|; cuhnen, 1. Arctic ,wanderi
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . NorthAmerica, south to Mexico ; breeding locally Golden Eagle FAM. XXIX. HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. 207 24. White Gyrfalcon (353. Fdlco isldndus). — This arcticfalcon, which has been found in northern Maine, is, in goodphmiage, a slightly mottled white all over. There is apt to bemore or less of brownish and grayish in bars or streaks on theshoulders, central tail feathers, and head. Length, 22 ; wing, 16 ; tail, 0^ ; tarsus, 2|; cuhnen, 1. Arctic ,wandering soutli to nortliern Maine. 25. Gray Gyrfalcon (354. Fdlco rusticolus).—A northern fal-con, Avith the upper parts, including the tail, blackish-gray,barred with buffy-white, and theunder parts white, blotched andstreaked with blackish, but theunder tail coverts are barred Avitlibrownish. Length, 20-25 ; wing, 13J-16^ ; tail,8-10 ; tarsus, 2\ ; culnien, 1. Arcticregions, straggling south in winter tothe northern United States. The Gyr-falcon (354*. F. r. (jyrfalco) of the Arcticregions has been found as far south inwinter as Rhode Island. It is similar tothe gray gyrfalcon, b
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