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102. Aquila chrysaetos ( Linnaeus). 



Golden Eagle. 



Synonyms — Aquila canadensis; Aquila chrysaetus var. canadensis. 



Status — A fairly common resident of the higher mountain ranges in northern 

 Arizona, and in the eastern part of the state south to the Mexican boundary line. 

 Found breeding" at Prescott (Cones, 1802b, p. 201) ; reported as resident in the 

 Santa Catalina Mountains (Scott, 1886, p. 423), and in the Iluachuca Moun- 

 tains (Swarth, 1904b, p. 7) ; an old nest seen in the latter range (Swarth MS). 

 Recorded from various other scattered localities : in summer, San Francisco 

 Mountain, Santa Catalina Mountains, Keam Canon, etc.; in fall and winter, 

 Grand Canon, Fort Whipple, ITuachuca Mountains, etc. Not observed anywhere 

 in the western deserts. 



103. Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus (Linnaeus). 



Bald Eagle. 



Status — Reported by Mearns ( 1890a, p. 53) as breeding at Stoneman's 

 Lake, in the Mogollon Mountains. Cones met with it at Fort Whipple, and 

 Henshaw at Fort Apache in southeastern Arizona ; a specimen is listed by Fish;r 

 (1893a, p. 97) as collected in the Mogollon Mountains in January. 



104. Falco mexicanus Schlegel. 



Prairie Falcon. 



Synonyms — falco polyagrus ; Falco lanarius var. polyagrus; Falco sakcr var. 

 polyagrus. 



Status — Fairly common resident throughout the state ; reported from many 

 different points, winter and summer. Found breeding on San Francisco Moun- 

 tain (Merriam, 1890, p. 90), and in the LIuachuca Mountains (Howard, 1902, 

 p. 57)., and an occupied nesting site observed on the Colorado River near the 

 mouth of Bill Williams River in the spring of [910 ( Mus. Vert. Zool.). 



105. Falco peregrinus anatum Bonaparte. 



Duck Hawk. 



Synonyms — Falco anatum; Falco nigriceps; Falco communis var. anatum. 



Status — Resident and apparently common in the mountains of central Ari- 

 zona (Mearns, 1890a, p. 54). In the more southern parts of the state it is a 

 rather uncommon migrant. 



106. Falco columbarius columbarius Linnaeus. 



Pigeon Hawk. 



Synonym — Hypotriorchis columbarius. 



Status — I know of no instance of this species breeding in Arizona. It oc- 

 curs as a fairly common migrant, and, in some localities, possibly as a winter visi- 

 tant. 



