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The male is within the minimum range of lineatus and the maximum 

 of alleni. The crown is slightly graj^er than most lineatus but is defi- 

 nitely browner than typical alUni. The back is well marked with 

 brown, agreeing with lineatus^ while below the bird is light, as in 

 alleni. Both females are definitely like lineatus above and both are 

 darker below than the male. Their measurements, while within the 

 maximum for alleni^ are larger than the average for that form. 



The birds from Hickory AVithe were on their breeding grounds, 

 and may be considered representative of the species from that region. 



BUTEO PLATYPTERUS PLATYPTERUS (Vieillot): Broad-winged Hawk 



Seen near Waynesboro, May 10, and 10 miles east of Pulaski, No- 

 vember 2. In the mountain area one was recorded 4 miles southeast 

 of Cosby on June 29, and others at 2,000 feet elevation on Big Frog 

 Mountain on July 10 and 15. An immature was taken on July 10, 

 8 miles southwest of Copperhill on Big Frog Mountain. 



AQUILA CHRYSAiiTOS CANADENSIS (Linnaeus): Golden Eagle 



On Roan Mountain one was seen over the summit on September 12 

 and another on September 14. 



HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS LEUCOCEPHALUS (Linnaeus): 

 Southern Bald Eagle 



On April 29 a bald eagle was seen at R^elfoot Lake, and a nest that 

 may have been abandoned was recorded. In fall one or two were 

 observed regularly from October 6 to 23. 



CIRCUS CYANEUS HUDSONIUS (Linnaeus): Marsh Hawk 



Seen at Reelfoot Lake, October 5, 19, and 21; Huntingdon, April 7; 

 Dover, October 26 and 30; and near Pulaski, November 2 and 4. In 

 Carvers Gap on Roan Mountain two were seen daily from September 

 13 to 23, feeding over the grassy bald and occasionally flying over the 

 low spruces. 



While given in the fourth edition of the A. O. U. Check-list (1931) 

 as Circus hudsonius, current usage today recognizes the North Ameri- 

 can marsh hawk as a geographic race of the Old World hen-harrier, 

 Circus cyaneus. The difference between these two is found in the 

 more heavily spotted under surface in the adult male of the American 

 bird (this being regularly without spots in cyaneus) and in the darker 

 coloration of the female and immature. The two are quite distinct 

 but seem so allied as to belong to the same specific group. 



