OCT., 1S99.] 



BIRDS. 



113 



1883, ''TvII eagie came up tlirougli the fog' that had gatliered imme- 

 diately below us and shared with us our rocky pinnacle above the 

 clouds." 



20. Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. 



Several seen and one slu)t in the south end of Shasta A^alley, at the 

 north base of the mountain, September 30, by W. H. Osgood, who 

 thinks it probable that they breed on the cliffs at Sheep l^ock. 



30. Falco columbarius suckleyi. Black Merlin. 



At Wagon Camp, August 8, John H. Sage and I saw a small dark 

 falcon, supposed to be Suckley's merlin, fly into a Shasta fir, but we 

 were unable to shoot it. 



31. Falco sparverius. Sparrow I lawk. 



Coninion at tiniberline tliroughout tlie summer. Usually seen in the 

 heather patches and among tlie white bark pines, where they were 



Fig. 37. — Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius]. — Drawn by J. L. Ridguay. 



feeding on grasshoppers. Several were killed near timberliue, east of 

 Mud Creek Canyon, the latter jiart of July and early August, and one 

 was recorded as high as 13,0(t0 feet by Walter K. Fisher. On the west 

 side of Mud Creek Canyon two were killed August 11 at an altitude of 

 10,000 feet by Vernon l>ailey. Their stomachs were distended with 

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