BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA 489 



in text (Churchill County, Nev.).— Baldwin, Auk, Ivii, 1940, 413, in text 

 (Bull Island, S. C; robs marsh hawk of food). — Kenyon, Condor, xlii, 1940, 

 265, in text (Baldwin Lake, Calif.; feeding habits). — McIlhenny, Bird- 

 Banding, xi, 1940, 109 (Avery Island, La.). — Vogt, Condor, xliii, 1941, 162 

 (Lassen Volcanic National Park). — Pearson, Brimley, and Brimley, Birds 

 North Carolina, 1942, 99 (North Carolina; genl.). — Grinnell and Miller, 

 Pacific Coast Avif., No. 27, 1944, 106 (California; permanent res.). — Hill, 

 Auk, Ixi, 1944, 230, 231 (meas.). — Green, Griffin, Odum, Stoddard, and 

 ToMKiNS, Birds Georgia, 1945, 35 (Georgia; fairly common; breeds in coastal 

 areas, not inland). — Broley, Wils. Bull., lix, 1947, 1 (migr.; distr.). 



Haliaetus leucocephalus leucocephalus Pindar, Wils. Bull., xxxvi, 1924, 205 (sta- 

 tus in e. Arkansas). — Fargo, Wils. Bull., xxxviii, 1926, 149 (Pinellas and 

 Pasco Counties, Fla.). — Bailey, Birds New Mexico, 1928, 180 (genl.; New 

 Mexico). — [Arthur], Birds Louisiana, 1931, 203 (descr. ; stat. ; Louisiana). — 

 Nice, Birds Oklahoma, rev. ed., 1931, 75 (genl.; Oklahoma). — McCabe, 

 Bird-Banding, viii, 1937, 180, in text (Florida; nesting). 



Haliaeetus leAicocephalus a/asc"a?iiis Bennitt, Univ. Missouri Stud., vii, No. 3, 1932, 

 24 (Missouri; rare permanent res.; rare winter). 



Hahaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Duvall, Auk, liv, 1937, 462, in text 

 (Knotts Island, N. C; nesting). 



Falco albicilla /3 Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 89 (ex Catesby, Nat. Hist. 

 Carolina, i, 1731, i, pi. 1). 



(?) Falco americanus (not of Boddaert, 1783) Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 

 257.— Shaw, Gen. Zool., vii, 1809, 88. 



Falco pygargus Daudin, Traite d'Orn., ii, 1800, 62, part. 



Falao ossifragus (not F. ossifraga Briinnich) Shaw, Gen. Zool., vii, 1809, 81, part 

 (young). — Wilson, Amer. Orn., vii, 1813, 16, pi. 55, fig. 2 (= young). — 

 Bonaparte, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, iii, pt. 2, 1824, 344; Obs. 

 Wilson's Amer. Orn., 1826, [5.] 



" Haliaeetus-floridana" Bailey, Bailey Mus. and Libr. Nat. Hist. Bull. 4, 1930, 

 [2] (lower Florida Peninsula). 



HAUAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS WASKINGTONIEMSIS (Audubon) 



Northern Bald Eagle 



All plumages similar to those of Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucoceph- 

 alus, but the bhds averaging larger in size. 



Adult male —Wings 570-612 (588.6); tail 290-322 (309.7); culmen 

 from cere 49-57 (52.5); tarsus 84.5-106 (99.8); middle toe without 

 claw 67-74 (70.4 mm.).''^ 



Adult female.— Wings 605-Q85 (640.2); tail 300-365 (339.4); culmen 

 from cere 47.0-58 (54.1); tarsus 83-110 (101.9); middle toe without 

 claw 70-82 (74.5 mm.).^" 



^8 Twenty-nine specimens from Alaska, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Virginia, Arkansas, Iowa, and Nortli Carolina. 



™ Forty-tv/o specimens from Bering Island, Alaska, Northwest Territory, 

 New Brunswick, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Iowa, 

 and North Carolina. Only the wing length is based on all these specimens; 

 the other measurements are based on 16 specimens (as the wing dimensions of 

 the other 14 were sent me, not personally made). 



