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our Falcoiiidaj. The specimen above mentioned bore a striking re- 

 semblance to a Golden Eagle. 



Genus Aquila Anct. 



187. A. ehrysaetus var. canadensis Linn. Golden Eagle. 

 Not very uncommon during winter. Arrives in November and departs 

 early in spring. Formerly nested tliroughout the state. Dr. Iloy 

 records the breeding of a pair of these birds in a tree near Racine in 

 1851 (Wis. Ag't Rept., 1852). In December, 1874, Avhile hunting 

 Prairie Ciiicl^ens in a field a few miles south of Chicago, my friend, 

 Mr. T. Morris, was suddenly attacked with great fury by a pair of 

 these birds, they darting so close that had he been prepared he 

 could easily have touched the first one with his gun. As it arose to 

 renew the attack he fired a small charge of number six shot, and 

 brought it down, dead. The second then darted at him, and so rapidly 

 that he did not fire until it had turned and was soaring up, but so near 

 that the charge passed througli tlie primaries in a body, disabling but 

 not injuring the bird, which was tlien captured alive. The cause of 

 this attack was explained by the proximity of a carcass upon which 

 these birds had been feeding. The craw of the dead eagle contained 

 a large quantity of carrion, as 1 learned upon skinning it. 



Genus Halisetus Sav. 



188. H. lencocephalus (/.!««.). Bald Eagle. A common win- 

 ter resident throughout the state, and breeds sparingly. Mr. T. H. 

 Douglas writes me that a pair reared young in the vicinity of Wau- 

 kegau, iu 1873. 



Family CATHARTIDJE. 

 Genus RMnogryphus I2idg. 



189. R. aura (Linn.). Tuukey Buzzaud. A very irregular and 

 rare vi:>ilant in this vicinity. Sixty miles south it is a common sum- 

 mer resident, yet I know of but very few instances of its occurrence 

 here. A specimen was captured, after a snow storm, late in autumn, 

 several years since at Waukegan, by Mr. Cliarles Douglas. 



Family COLUMBID^. 

 Genus Ectopistes iSw. 



190. E. migratoria -S'w. Wild Pig i;ox. Very abundant migrant; 

 15th of March to middle of April, and iu October and November. 

 Sometimes arrives in February. A few isolated pairs still breed iu 

 unfrequented woods. 



