'■202 NOTES ox OAUrORNiA ANIMALS. 



Buteo borealis calurus (Cass.). U'entcr)) Ked-taiJ. 



Next to the Sparrow Hawk tbis is the most abundant species, having- 

 been met with in all parts of the country from the Sacramento Valley 

 to the timber-line of :\Iount Shasta. 1 obtained a set of four egj?s at 

 Red liluft" April 1. The nest from which they were taken occupied the 

 forks of a scrubby oak, about 20 feet from the ground. It was built 

 of heavy twigs, and had a uniform lining of " soap-root" fiber. 



Buteo lineatus elegaxis (Cass.)- lled-hdlkd IFan-k. 



This species is recorded as common by Dr. Newberry, and was ob- 

 tained at Fort Crook by Captain Feiluer. 



Buteo swainsoiii Boiiap. Swainsoirs Ilaivk. 



1 found this species to be of common occurrence in the Sacramento 

 Valley in winter, and it was found frequently in the pine country about 

 IMouiit Lassen in summer. 



Archibuteo lagopus saucti-johannis (Gmel.). American Iio>if)h-Ie;i(f<'d If auk. 



Obtained at Fort Crook. Eeported as common in juarshy lt)calities 

 by Mr. IJenshaw. 



Archibuteo feirugineus ^I.iclit.). Firniginoiifi li'onfjh-laj. 



Mr. Henshaw saw a Hawk in Northeastern California wliicli he be- 

 lieved to be of this species. 



Aquila chrysaetus (Linn.). Golden Eayle. 



1 shot a Golden Eagle, the only one met with, near Sheep liock, 

 northeast of Mount Shasta, on August 21, 1883. I was riding in the 

 rear of our party (a division of tlie IJ. S.Geologi(?al Survey), and dropped 

 the noble bird by a shot, from the saddle, as we passed along the trail, 

 within 80 yards of the deart cedar from which it was calmly regarding 

 us. • 



Haliasetus leucocephalus (Linn.). I'xihl IJat/le. 



Eagles were fre(piently seen in Northern California, and with excep- 

 ti(m of the one m*entioned in the preceding paragrai>h, 1 think they 

 were all of this si)ecies. Tiiey are destructive to young lambs, and the 

 sheep-herders in nuujy localities are their sworn enemies. ^Vhen on the 

 extreme peak of Shasta (14,440 feet altitude), on July 27, 1883, in com- 

 pany with memb(;rs of tlie U. S. Geological Survey, an l^^agle came up 

 tlirough the fog that had gathered immediately below us and shared 

 with us our rocky pinnacle aboA'e the clouds. 



Falco mexicanus Sclilij;- I'rahie Falcon. 



Tliis riawk 1 saw <in two or three occasions, in tlie upper Sacramento 

 Valh'V. Mr. Henshaw found it common at l'\)rt I'.idwell, and it was 

 collected at I'oi t (rook by Lieutenaid Parkinson. 



