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the cries of the young as the elders brought supplies to their 

 rocky eyries. Once we climbed about half way up the cliff 

 toward a nest of young birds whose cries attracted us; but as 

 we neared the site the elders quitted the place and the young 

 birds ceased their cries, thus defeating our object of finding 

 the nest. 



On August 14, a male Cooper's hawk was taken on the road 

 leading from the bridge up Swan River. Specimens were 

 taken successively on August 22 and 23, on the ranch at the 

 right of the mouth of Swan River. This hawk was not noted 

 during our observations in June. 



337 b. WESTERN RED-TAIL, 7?w/eo horealis caZwrws (Cass.) 



This fine large hawk was found breeding along the eastern 

 shore of McDonald Lake. One specimen was taken. 



A mutilated specimen of the western red-tail was found in 

 the road through the woods leading to the point at the mouth 

 of Swan River, August 22. It had probably been shot by one 

 of the parties staying at the Club houses, and had fallen or 

 been dragged there by one of the dogs scouring the woods 

 for game. 



347 a. AMERICAN ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, ArcMbuteo 

 lagopus sandi-johannis (Gmel.) 



The American rough-legged hawk was commonly seen soar- 

 ing overhead above the woods and hills east of the lower end 

 of Flathead Lake. Several efforts were made to secure a speci- 

 men, even to scaling the cliff in hopes of getting a shot, but the 

 game was always beyond reach. 



349. GOLDEN EAGLE, Aquila chrysaetos (Linn.) 



The Mission Mountains and adjacent regions offer congenial 

 resorts for the golden eagle. Frequently it was observed soaring 

 over the ranges, but no specimen was taken, though effort was 

 frequently made to get within range of one. A fine specimen 

 was observed feeding on a carcass and it allowed us to ride 

 within fair view of it, but departed before we were within ef- 

 fective shotgun range. 



352. BALD EAGLE, Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linn.) 

 Though not noted by our party, the bald eagle was reported 



