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furnish suitable shelter. Mr. Belding shot a specimen at 

 Las Palmas on May 10. 



126. Aquila chrysaetos (Linn.) 



Golden Eagle. — Mr. xlnthony has found this eagle r;ire 

 in the San Pedro Martir region; it ranges from the coast 

 to an altitude of 11,000 feet. 



127. Haliseetus leucocephalus (Linn.) 



Bald Eagle. — I have seen but three individuals in Lower 

 California: the first was an adult bird, flying above the 

 estero, March 4, 1888. At the mouth of an arroyo, on the 

 bay side of Santa Margarita Island, I found a nest in a giant 

 cactus, March 6, 1889, which at that time I supposed con- 

 tained small young. Both birds were about, one of them 

 occasionally alighting on the edge of the nest. 



128. Falco mexicanus Schleg. 



Prairie Falcon. — Mr. Xantus found this species at Mira- 

 flores, San Jose del Cabo and Cape St. Lucas. At San 

 Esteban I found a pair nesting in a high clitf, April 18, 1889. 

 Seen on two or three occasions on Guadalupe Island, in 

 1886, and a pair was seen about a cliff at Comondu in 1888. 

 A single bird was noticed on Santa Margarita Island, March 

 2, 1889. 



129. Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.) 



Duck Hawk. — Found nesting in the cliffs along the coast 

 at several places from San Carlos landing to San Quintin by 

 Mr. Anthony, who says they are more common in winter, 



130. Falco columbarius Linn. 



Pigeon Hawk. — A. specimen was taken at La Paz in Jan- 

 uary, 1883, by Dr. H. Ten Kate. 



131. Falco sparverius Liuu. 



American Sparrow Hawk. — Kecorded from the Cape 

 region by Messrs. Xantus and Belding. Mr, Anthony found 

 them common in summer along the base of San Pedro Mar- 

 tir, ranging in May to 9,000 feet altitude, and only seen on 



