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Genus Accipiter Brisson. 

 Subgenus Accipiter. 



95. (332). A. velox (Wils.). Sharp-.shinned Hawk. Rather 

 common. (Univ. Coll.). Rare resident in mountain region 

 {vide Cairns). 



96. (333). A. Gooperi (Bonap.). Cooper's Hawk. Resident, 

 rather common and generally distributed throughout the State. 

 Sometimes called "Blue Darter," '^Chicken Hawk/' "Pigeon 

 Hawk/' which latter two names are also applied to A. velox. 

 Probably A. velox and cooperi both breed in the State. (Univ. 

 Coll.). 



Genus Buteo Cuvier. 



Subgenus Buteo. 



97. (337). B. borealis (Gmel.). Red-tailed Hawk. Rather 

 common; probably resident throughout the State; reported as 

 resident in mountain region {vide Cairns). (Priv. Coll.). 



"^98. (239). B. lineatiis (Gmel.). Red-shouldered Hawk. 

 Resident, common throughout the State. 



99. (342). B. swainsoni Bonap. Swainson's Hawk. Re- 

 ported as accidental in mountain region [vide Cairns). 



100. (343). B. latissimus (Wils.). Broad- winged Hawk. Re- 

 ported from mountain region (vide Brewster). Also taken in 

 vicinity of Raleigh (vide coll. of James Busbee). 



Genus Aquila Brisson. 



*101. (349). .4. c/i/'^sae^06' (Linn.). Golden Eagle. Mount- 

 ain region, resident. Said to breed on inaccessible cliffs and 

 ledges of the higher mountains {vide Brew\ster). 



Genus Halleetus Savigny. 



*102. (352). H. leucocephalus (Linn.). Bald Eagle. Resident, 

 generally distributed, but rare. Said to breed in coast region ; 

 the young, in this section, during change of pliuuage, called by 

 many "Gray Eagle." 



