40 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1893. 



summit of a rocky eminence, 3,000 feet above the lake, to the num- 

 ber of three or four hundred, every large boulder seating one or 

 more birds, and many others sitting contentedly on the flat 'ground. 

 Ninety per cent of those which flew near me were in the dark phases 

 of plumage, some of them appearing uniformly black as they swept 

 past. Three females secured had the crop stuffed exclusively with 

 grasshoppers. 

 1 107. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. American Rough-legged Hawk. 



One seen at Vernon, and a specimen seeD at the same place in the 

 collection of Mr. Pound. Another, shot on Vancouver Island, is in 

 the possession of Mr. Lindley, of Victoria. Considered a very rare 

 bird on the Pacific Coast. 



*108. Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. 



Seen two or three times in the interior mountains. As rare in 

 British Columbia as on the Atlantic seaboard. 



109. Haliseetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. 



As omnipresent in British Columbia and Washington as the lakes 

 and streams. 



*110. Falco peregrinus anatum. Duck Hawk. 



Rare. I refer two specimens seen east of the Cascades to this 

 species. They reach the Pacific. 



*111. Falco peregrinus pealei. Peale's Falcon. 



Mounted specimens seen in the shop of Mr. Inglis, of Vancouver, 

 British Columbia. Duck Hawks of both (?) races were seen at 

 Nisqually. 



112. Falco columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. 



A mated pair shot at Lac La Hache. 



113. Falco columbarius suckleyi. Black Merlin. 



Examples seen on the coast should be classed under this name, 

 though Mr. Fannin has found both west of the Cascades. A speci- 

 men from Victoria is in the collection. 



114. Falco richardsonii. Richardson's Merlin. 

 One shot at the head of Okanagan Lake. 



115. Falco sparverius. American Sparrow Hawk. 



Everywhere the most abundant Raptore. 

 *116. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis. American Osprey. 



Wherever fish abound in the northwest these fishermen have 

 "preempted the claim.'' 



