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has found several nests. A specimen taken in Albemarle or 

 Louisa County was brought to me, November, i88S, and as many 

 as sixteen were sent to the Department of Agriculture in 18S7-S 

 from Sandy Spring, Maryland. 



127. Buteo latissimus. Broad-winged Hawk. — Resi- 

 dent ; rare and occasional about Washington. Dr. Fisher and 

 Mr. Henshaw found a nest containing two eggs in Virginia not 

 far from the city, in 1887. A specimen which a negro had shot 

 was seen by Mr. Phillips in Warwick County, May, 18S7 (Or- 

 nithologist and Oologist Vol. XII, p. 123). It was found to be 

 common and breeding, by Mr. Scott, in the mountains near Coal- 

 burg, West Virginia. Mr. Doan calls it tolerably common and 

 says he' took several specimens in West Virginia. 



1 28. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. American 

 Rough-legged Hawk. — Winter visitor. One of these birds 

 was seen on the Virginia shore of the Potomac opposite Wash- 

 ington, December 29. 1879, by Mr. H. W. Henshaw. It has 

 also been taken in or near the District of Columbia (The Auk, 

 Vol. I, p. 397)- Dr. M. G. Ellzey speaks of this species, be- 

 sides others, as being very numerous in Howard County, Mary- 

 land, during the winter and spring of 1887-S8 (Forest and Stream, 

 Vol. XXXII, p. 212). Mr. E. A Brooks of French Creek, 

 Upshur County, West Virginia, has reported it to the Department 

 of Agriculture as a rare winter visitor. 



129. Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. — Drs. Coues 

 and Prentiss report this eagle to be apparently not very rare near 

 Washington in winter. Two specimens from that neighborhood 

 are preserved in the Smithsonian Institution. It has been taken 

 near Gaithersburg, Maryland. Mr. Doan mentions having seen 

 portions of a specimen captured in Pocahontas County, West 

 Virginia. 



130. Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. — Common 

 resident on the coast and along the larger rivers of the Tidewater 

 region. Stragglers are occasionally to be found in the interior ; 

 breeds. Said by Mr. Doan to be of frequent occurrence through- 

 out the Ohio Valley in early spring and fall, and to breed in 

 suitable places in the eastern portions of West Virginia. At 

 Cobb's Island they destroy many water-fowl in winter. Mr. 



