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The single skin preserved bv Mr. Frazar does not differ in any respect from 

 more eastern and northern specimens. 



The Turkey Vulture occurs along the Pacific coast from British Columbia to 

 Patagonia. 



Circus hudsonius (Linn.). 



Marsh Hawk. 



Circus httdsoniits Beldixg, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 544 (Cape Eegion). 

 Bkyast, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 278 (Cape KegionJ. 



The Marsh Hawk apparently occurs in this region only in the character of 

 a winter visitor, but it has been found breeding by Mr. Anthony at Cape Col- 

 nett and San Ramon in the northern part of the Peninsula. At San Josd del 

 Cabo Mr. Frazar noted its arrival in autumn on September 5. It soon became 

 common and continued so during October and November. During the lat- 

 ter month it was seen at Santiago, and early in December on the Sierra de la 

 Laguna. At San Jose del Cabo Mr. Frazar found one of these Hawks devour- 

 ing a Coot (Fulica) which it had evidently just captured, for the poor victim 

 proved, on examination, to be still living. 



The Marsh Hawk ranges south in winter to Panama and breeds from the 

 southern border of the United States northward. 



Accipiter velox (Wils.). 



Sharp- SHINNED Hawk. 



Accipiter fuscns Belding, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V. 1883, 544 (Cape Eegion). 

 Accipiter velox Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 2d ser., II. 1889, 279 (Cape Region). 



Of this species Mr. Frazar collected three representatives, two males and one 

 female, all old birds in fine plumage. I am unable to find any difl'erences 

 whatever between these and eastern specimens. 



Mr. Belding characterizes the Sharp-shinned Hawk as rare, but it Avas 

 seen by Mr. Frazar on a number of occasions and at various places, from the 

 sea-beach at San Jose del Cabo to the summit of the Sierra de la Laguna, 

 the earliest date in autumn being October 31, the latest in spring some time in 

 March. " Mr. Anthony gives it as resident of the region north of San Fer- 

 nando [about latitude 30°], ranging as high as 4,000 feet altitude " (Bryant). 

 Its general range extends as far south as the Isthmus of Panama and northward 

 into Alaska. 



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