210 TiiK Wilson Rulletix — Xo. ()9. 



ground squirrels, prairie clogs, wood rats, hares, but also 

 lambs, shoats, fawns, grouse, ducks, geese, swans, small wad- 

 ers, snakes (quite often), in the east more frequently poultry 

 and the young of domestic animals, because the wild food is 

 not so abundant as in the west. 



Voice. 



"Kiah, kiali. kiah" (alarm), "Kee kee kee" (mating), "Kau 

 kau" (mating). 



Nest. 



On cliffs in the mountains principally in the east, in live 

 oaks, white oaks, and pines, in the west. Nest bulky, built of 

 large sticks and clubs, very flat, lined with grass, straw, Span- 

 ish moss, Spanish soap root tops, feathers, wool, cattle hair. 

 Placed high up, as high as 100 feet, at times very low\ 



. Eggs. 



One to three. Plain white, sometimes unmarked, mostly 

 marked thickly with spots and blotches of shades of brown, 

 chocolate, walnut, drab, or rufous, dift"ering greatly in size and 

 color. Ovate, coarse, thick, roughly granular shell. Eggs laid 

 from the last of January in the southwest to May and June in 

 the north. One brood. Incubation o5 days. The eggs meas- 

 ure 75 by 60 mm. 



ARCHIBUTEO LAGOPUS SANCTI-JOHANNIS 



(GmcUnj. 



ROUCH-I. EGGED H.^WK. 



Geographical Distribution. 



Breeds from Newfoundland, southern IMackenzie, and cen- 

 tral British Columbia, north to northern Labrador and north- 

 ern Alaska, and winters south to North Carolina, Louisiana, 

 Texas, and central California. (Cooke). 

 Measurements. 



Extent 140 ctm. Male : length 52, wing 39.48, tail 24, cul- 

 men 2.03, tarsus 5.84, middle toe 3.30. 



Female: length 55.89, wing 43.10, tail 2(5.4, culmen 2.41, 

 tarsus 6.00, middle toe 3.81. 



