102 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



RAPTORES. FALCONES. 



FALCON I DAE. 



Falco S. johannis Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 273. 

 "in freto Hudsonis et nova terra." 

 Open country; nests on cliffs or in trees. 



Me. — Uncommon fall and winter visitor. Oct. 28-Mar. 



N. H. — Uncommon irregular fall and winter visitor. Oct.- 

 (May 6). 



Vt. — Rare fall and winter visitor. Oct. 



Mass. — Rare fall and winter visitor. Oct.-April 13 (May 8). 



R. I. — Uncommon fall and winter visitor. Oct.-April 12. 



Conn. — Fall and winter visitor, irregular, but sometimes com- 

 mon. Nov. 20-April. 



194. Aquila chrysaetos (Linne) Spriingli. 

 Golden e agle ; Ring-tailed e agle . 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 206; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 13. Egg, Bendire, 

 1892, vol. 1, pi. 9, figs. 3, 5. 



Falco chrysaetos Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 88. "in 

 Europa." 



Mountainous country; nests on cliffs or in large trees. 



Me. — Rare visitor; not now known to breed (young (?), Sandy 

 Bay Mt., 1895). 



N. H. — Rare visitor; formerly rare resident in White Mts. 



Vt. — Rare visitor; formerly a resident. 



Mass. — Rare visitor at all seasons, not now known to breed. 



R. I. — Rare visitor in fall and winter. 



Conn. — Rare visitor, at all seasons. 



195. Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linne) Boie. 



Bald eagle; Gray eagle; Washington eagle (young); White- 

 headed eagle. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. No. Amer., 1895, p. 207; A. K. 



