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when I was driven ont from Northampton in a buggy, to be shown how the 

 thing was done. Upwards of twenty rougli-legged liawl^s were seen that day, 

 but because of the nervousness of our gun-shy horse only four were killed. 



Other ways in which man cruelly destroys this hawk are by means 

 of steel traps set on the tops of poles where the bird is in the habit 

 of alighting and by means of poison bait put out for wolves and 

 ground squirrels if not for the bird itself. 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — North America, south to California, Texas, Louisiana, and 

 North Carolina. The Siberian race {palUdus) occurs in Alaska. 



Breeding range. — The rougli-legged hawk breeds north to Alaska 

 (Noatak River and Fort Yukon) ; Yukon Territory (Herschel Is- 

 land) ; northern Mackenzie (Anderson River, Franklin Bay, Horton 

 River, Kogaryuak River, and Port Epsworth) ; probably northern 

 Keewatin (Cape Fullerton) ; and northern Labrador (Cape Chidley). 

 East to Labrador (Cape Chidley, Port Burwell, Okak, Kaipokok Bay, 

 Tessiujak, Ailili, Davis Inlet, and Hamilton Inlet) ; and eastern Que- 

 bec (probably Chateau Bay, Bradore Bay, and Harrington). South 

 to Quebec (Harrington) ; Ungava (Seal Lake) ; probably Manitoba 

 (Norway House) ; and southern British Columbia (Quesnel). West 

 to British Columbia (Quesnel) ; and Alaska (Kodiak Island, Popof 

 Island, Amak Island, Herendeen Bay, Bethel, Igiak Bay, St. Michael, 

 Golovin Bay, Kigluaik Mountains, and Noatak River), 



AY inter range. — -In winter the roughleg is found north to British 

 Columbia (Sumas and the Okanagan Valley) ; casually central 

 Alberta (Glenevis) : casually southern Saskatchewan (Eastend) ; 

 North Dakota (Charlson and Argusville) ; Minnesota (Elk River, 

 Fort Snelling, and Lanesboro) ; Wisconsin (Madison and Milton) ; 

 Michigan (Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, and Detroit) ; southern Ontario 

 (Toronto and casually Ottawa) ; southern Quebec (Montreal and 

 Quebec) ; New Hampshire (Jeiierson) ; and Maine (Norway). East 

 to Maine (Norway) ; Massachusetts (Boston and Edgartown) ; Long 

 Island (Montauk) ; New Jersey (Morristown and Princeton) ; south- 

 eastern Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) ; casually Maryland (Baltimore 

 and Sandy Spring) ; and casually the District of Columbia (Wash- 

 ington). South to casually the District of Columbia (Washington) ; 

 Pennsylvania (Warren and Erie) ; Ohio (Medina, Columbus, and 

 Greenville) ; Indiana (Richmond, Indianapolis, and Bicknell) ; Illi- 

 nois (Ranioul and Canton) ; Missouri (St. Louis, Mount Carmel, and 

 Concordia) ; Oklahoma (Norman and Tyrone) ; casually New Mexico 

 (Zuni, Tularosa, and Rio Mimbres) ; rarely southern Arizona (Tuc- 

 son and Fort Whipple) ; and southern California (rarely Santee). 

 West to California (rarely Santee, Los Banos, San Jose, Hay ward, 



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