238 BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW YORK 



Duck Hawk. Falco peregrinus anatum 

 Z 16.00. 9 19.00 



Ad. — Top and sides of head black, throat inclosed hy two broad 

 black stripes ; rest of upper parts, wings, and tail bluish-gray; tail 

 crossed with narrow black bars; throat and breast buffy, or white; 

 belly buffy, crossed with narrow black bars. Im. — Upper parts 

 blackish-gray, the feathers edged with brown; black bars border- 

 ing throat, as in adult; throat buffy; rest of under parts buffy 

 or yellowish-brown, thickly streaked with black. 



Nest, on steep cliffs. Eggs, varying from buffy to brown, 

 sometimes plain, sometimes spotted, or blotched. 



The Duck Hawk breeds here and there on a few steep 

 cliffs along the Hudson and in New England. Mount Tom 

 and one or two other cliffs in Massachusetts, Eagle Cliff and 

 Dixville ISTotch, X. H., and Lakes Willoughby and Mem- 

 phremagog, Vt., each has an eyrie of these noble hawks. 

 In most of New England the bird is a rather rare migrant 

 or a still rarer winter resident. In April and May, and 

 again in September- and October, it is not infrequently seen 

 along the sea-shore, where it preys on the sea-fowl and 

 shore birds. When one approaches the cliff where a pair 

 are breeding, the parents become much agitated, and fly up 

 and down with a loud, harsh cry. The Duck Hawk may 

 readily be known by its size, by the cut of its wings and 

 tail, and by the black " TnustachesJ' 



Bald Eagle. Hallceetus leucocephalus 

 $ 32.85. 9 35.50 



Ad. — Head, neck, and tail white; rest of plumage dark brown. 

 Im., second or third year. — Head and neck blackish; rest of upper 

 parts mixed grayish-brown and blackish ; under parts mixed 

 white and dark. Im., first year. — Whole plumage nearly uni- 

 form black; under parts more or less spotted with whitish. 



Nest, on tall trees, sometimes on cliffs. Eggs, white. 



The Bald Eagle is a permanent resident of the lower 

 Hudson Valley and along Long Island Sound, and a rare 



