234 Birds of San Pedro Martir. [ZOE 
phase of swazzson?. On May 16 the female was shot as she 
rose from the nest, and on skinning her I found in her stomach the 
remains of a Cyanocephalus and a nearly complete rattlesnake 
that must have measured over two feet in length. On the 
following day the male was seen flying about the nest with 
another female fully “as dark as his former mate, and I was 
surprised to see her feeding young ten days or two weeks Fe) 3 Fema i 
had supposed the nest still contained eggs. As it was such a 
clear case of adoption I concluded to leave them undisturbed, but 
the unfortunate male was doomed a few days later to lose his 
second mate which was shot by a member of our party; upon 
dissection this bird was also found to have a large rattlesnake 
coiled up in her stomach. We frequently saw redtails sailing 
about over the meadows with large snakes hanging from their 
talons. 
Buteo elegans lineatus. RED-BELLIED HAwK. Not seen 
this season south of Ensenada. It seems to be confined chiefly 
to the creek bottoms where cottonwood and — growths 
afford it convenient nesting sites. 
My notes on this species in Mr. Bryant’s list refer to Para- | 
buteo. 
Buteo abbreviatus. ZONE-TAILED Hawk. On April 24, 
1889, two pairs were found nesting on San Pedro at elevations of 
7000 and 7500 feet, and one of the birds secured. The past season 
only an occasional stray bird was seen, not over four or five, and 
no nests were observed. 
| Buteo swainsont. SwWatnson’s Hawk. One of the most 
common species in all of the lower valleys, but does not seem to 
extend very high up on the mountain, as I do not remember 
_ Seeing it above 3000 feet. One that I shot in the Guadaloupe 
Valley on April 24 had its inner secondaries and tail feathers 
so badly burned as to render it unfit.for the cabinet. The only 
explanation seems to be that the bird was hunting near some of 
the brush fires in the valley and attempted to take a rabbit or 
other game too near the fire, or perhaps it was attempting to 
cook its dinner. 
Aquila chrysattos. GOLDEN EacLe. No eagles were seen 
