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NORTH AMERICAN FAUNA. 



[NO. 16. 



25. Buteo borealis calurus. Western Eed-tail. 



Ratlior coiiiinoii. Seen I'loin time to time at Wagon Camp in July 

 and early August, lieciuently at Squa\v Civek Camp in August and 

 September, and several times above timberline. One was seen Hying 

 over the summit of Shasta July 31 by AV. II. Osgood and 11. T. I'isher. 

 Common during fall migration in Shasta \'alley, where Osgood saw 

 many September IT-HO, and 1 saw several September 1*9 — chietly about 

 the narrow meadows bordering Shasta Kiver. At Sisson Miss Florence 

 A. jMerriam saw them September 3. 



Fig. 36.— Kedtail (llulcn burealis). Drawn by J, L. Eidgway. 



20. Buteo swainsoni. Swainson Hawk. 



IJare. July 28 I saw a nearly black Swainson hawk near an aban- 

 doned sawmill (itlt. 4,800 feet) on the road from Wagon C^amp to 

 McCloud :VIill. In .luly, 1809, Walt<M' K. Fislu'r saw one in Shasta 

 Valley. 



27. Aquila chrysaetos. (loldon Eagle. 



llatlier rare, but seen from time to time Hying over the mountiiin, 

 usually at high altitudes. C. II. Townsend shot one lu'ar Sheep liock, 

 at the north base of Shasta, August 21, 188;;. 



28. Haliaeetus leucocephalus. I'.ald ICiigle. 



In speaking of the bald eagle, C. II. Townsend states that when he 

 had climbed to the extreme peak of Shasta (alt. 11,440 feet), on July 27, 



