FALCO SPARVERIUS, SPARROW HAWK. 349 



This is the bird mentioned by Dr. Harden, under name of colnmba- 

 rius, as abundant in the wooded bottoms of the Missouri region. One 

 of his specimens from the VermiHon Eiver served as the male type 

 of Mr. Kidgway's description ; another (No. 58983), taken by Mr. J. 

 Stevenson at Berthoud's Pass of the Rocky Mountains, in Colorado, 

 is the female type. The writer quotes a third, a young' male, taken at 

 Fort Rice, Dakota, by General Alfred Sally. Prof. Snow records it 

 among Kansas birds, on Professor Baird's authority ; whether from 

 actual capture of specimens in the State, or upon the strength of its 

 known distribution, 1 am not informed. It is not unlikely that the pale, 

 ashy specimen noted by Dr. Cooper, as procured by him at Fort Mojave, 

 Arizona, was an individual of this species. Dr. Richardson's bird was 

 an old female, killed at Carlton House, on the Saskatchewan, May 14, 

 1827, while flying with b.er mate; "in the oviduct there were several 

 full-sized white eggs, clouded at one end with a few bronze-colored 

 spots." Another specimen is stated to have been killed at Sault St. 

 Marie, between Lakes Huron and Superior. What little information we 

 possess of the habits of the bird indicates nothing peculiar in com- 

 parison with those of F. columharius. 



FALCO SPARVERIUS, Linn. 

 Sparrow Hawk. 



a. sparverius. 



Falco sparrerius, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 128 {Ac. minor. Gates., i, 5; JEsaJon caroli- 

 nensis, Briss., i, :i86, pi. :?2, f. 1).— Gm., Svst. Nat. i, 1788, 284.— Lath., I. Orn. i, 

 1790. 42.— Daud., Tr. Oni. ii, IfcOO, 142. pi. 12.— Shaav, Geu. Zool. vii, pi. 26.— 

 WiLs., Am. Oiu. ii, 1»10, 117, pi. 16, f. 1 ( $ ) ; iv, 57, pi. 32, f . 2 ( <? ).— Stkph., 

 Geu. Zool. xiii, pt. ii, 3^*.— Cuv., R. A. 2d ed. i, 322. — James., ed. Wils. i, 

 56, 60.— Jard., ed. Wils. i, 262 ; ii, 51.— Brew., ed. Wils. 864.— Bi\, Syn. 1828, 

 27 ; Isis, 1832, 1136— Wagl., Isis, 1831, 517.— Sw. & Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 31, 

 pi. 24.— Sw., Classif. B. ii, 1837, 212.— Ni tt., Mau. i, 1832, 58,— AuD., Orn. Biog. 

 ii, 1835, 246 ; v, 1839, 370 ; pi. 142 ; Syn. 1839, 17 ; B. Am. i, 1840, 90, 22.— 

 ViEiJLL., Ency. Metli. iii, 1234.— DeKay, N. Y. Zool. 1844, 16, pi. 7, f. 16.— 

 Maxim., J. f. O. vi, 1858, 15.— Cass., B. N. A. 1858, 13.— Coop. & Suck., N. H. 

 Wash. Ter. 1860, 143.— Lord, Pr. Roy. Art v. Inst, iv, 1864, 110.— Coop., B. Cal. 

 i, 1870, 462.— Allen, Bnll. M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 180.— Hold., Pr. Bost. Soc. 1872, 

 207. — COUES, Key, 1872, 214, fig-. 142 ; aud of most authors. 



Falco {Tinnunculns) sparvcriH>i of some authors. — RiDGW., Pr. Bost. Soc. 1873, 48. — B. B. 

 & R., N. A. B. ill, 1874, 169. 



TinmutculitH ftparverius, ViEiLL., Ois. Am. Sept, i, 1807, 40, pi. 12. — Gray, Gen. of B. — 

 Bp., Consp. i, 1850,27.— WooDH., Sitgr. Rep. 1853, 60.— Cass., HI. 1854, 92; Pr. 



A. N. S. 1855, 278.— Brew., N. A. Oiil. 1857, 16.— Newr., P. R. R. Rep. vi, 1857, 

 74.— Kenn., ihid. x, 1859, pt. iv, 19.— Heerm., ibid. pt. vi, 31.— IIayd., Rep. 

 1862, 152.— CouES, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 42.— Allen, Mem. Bost. Soc. i, 1868, 

 499.— Stev., U. S. Geol. Rurv. Ter. 1870, 462.— Merr., ibid. 1872, 69(5.- Snow, 



B. Kans. 1873; and of many antlior.s. 



TivnnmnluH {I'acciloriiix) sjmnrHitx, Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 23, No. 216. 

 Cerchncis sparvcriu-i, BoiE. — Bp., Comp. Libt, 1838, 5. 

 PcecilorniH Hparreriu.t, Kai'p, Monog. Fale. Cont. Orn. 1850, .5;?. 



bauds of deeper, more reddish-ochraceoua. Bands of the tail, pure white. In other 

 respeets exactly like the male. Wing, 9.00; tail, 6.10; culnien, 0.55; tarsus, 1.40; 

 niiddli' toe, 1.50. 



" Yoiiiifi niah : Dift'erinji from the adult only in d<<j;n'e. U])per snrfaoe with the rusty 

 l)or<h'rs of the feathers more washcil over the <j:enera"l siul'ace : t he rusty oehraeeous 

 forming the gruMiid-eolor of the head — paler anteriorly, where the hlack shatt-streaks 

 are very conspieuoim ; spots on the primary coverts and primaries deep reddish oehra- 

 eeous; tail-hands broader than in tln^ adult and more reddish ; the terminal one twice 

 as broad as the rest (0.40 of an inch), and almost cream color. Beneath, i>ale oehraee- 

 ous, this deepest on the breast and sides; markings as in the adult, hut anal region 

 and lower tail-eoverls immaenlate; the shaft-streaks on the tibia', also, scarcely dis- 

 cernible. Wing, 7.0U; tail, 4.60. 



