BIRDS OF PREY 



348. Ferruginous Rough-leg. 

 Archibuteo ferrugineus. 







White 



rged Hawk 



Range/ — North America, west of the Mississippi, breeding from the latitude 

 of Colorado north to the Saskatchewan region. 



This species nests very abundantly along our northern states, particularly in 

 Dakota. It is a larger bird than the preceding and can easily be told by it? 

 reddish coloration, particularly on the shoulders and tibia. While in some 

 localities they nest only in trees, the greater number appear to build their nests 

 on the ground or rocky ledges, making a large heap of sticks, weeds and grass. 

 Their three or four eggs are white, beautifully spotted and blotched, in endless 

 variety, with various shades of brown. Size 2.60 x 2.00. Data. — Stark Co., N. 

 D., April 29, 1900. Nest built of coarse sticks on a clay butte. 



34Q. Golden Eagle. Aquila chrysastos. 



Range. — North America, west of the Missis- 

 sippi; most abundant in the Rockies and along 

 the Pacific coast ranges. 



This magnificent bird, which is even more 

 powerful than the Bald Ragle, measures about 

 '.'A inches long, and spreads about 7 feet. Its 

 plumage is a rich brownish black, very old 

 birds being golden brown on the nape. They 

 can be distinguished in all plumages from the 

 I'.ahl Eagle by the completely Lathered tarsus. 

 They build their nests in the tops of the tallesl 

 tires in the wild, mountainous country of the 

 west, and more rarely upon ledges of the cliffs. 

 The nests are made of large sticks, lined with 

 smaller ones and haves and weeds. Their 



ate the most handsome or the Raptores, being 

 white in color, and blotched, splashed, spotted 

 and specked with lighl brown and clouded with 

 gray <>r lilac, of course varying endlessly in 

 pattern and intensity. Size 2.90x2.60. Data 

 Mont.rey Co.. Cal., May ::. L888. Three eggs. 

 Nest ol sticks, lined with pinr npedles, in a 

 pine tree, 50 feet up. 

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