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or tlic lower inaudible, ami on tbe base of tbi' upper, below the cere; cere aud rictus, 

 liRht .vellowisli-greeu ; naked eyebrow, plumbeous; iris, deep ligbt-hazel ; toes, pare 

 light lemon-yellow ; claws, deep black. 



Archiijuteg FERRCGINEUS. 



Squirrel Hawk. 



Buteo ferrugineus, Licnx., Tr. Berliu Acad., 1838, 429. 



Anhibuteo fcrruginem, Gray, Genera of Hirds, , — , pi. VI (name A. regalis 



on plate).— Cassix, IJaird's Hirds N. Am., I.S.jS, 34.— Baird, Cat. N. Am. 



Birds, 1859, No. 32.— COOPER, Orn. Cal., I, 1870, 482.— CoUES, Key, 1872, 



218; Clu'cU I.i.st, 187.$, No. 3.17 ; Birds N.W., 1S74, 3G3.—B. V>. &. R., Uist. 



N. Am. Dird.s, III, 1874, 300.— IIknsiiaw, 187.'., 4_'.">. 



Thi.s niag-nificent Hawk, which Dr. Couu.s justly calls the '•handsomest 

 of the North American Falconithc," was much less frequently seen than its 

 relative, the common Rough-leg {A. sancti-johannis). The few observed 

 were sailing majestically overhead, describing broad circles, and resembling 

 the Golden Eagle in the manner of their flight. At such times it may be 

 inmiediately distinguished from .1. sancti-johannis by the snowy white of 

 its lower plumage, which, as seen from below, is the predominating color 

 of the bird. 



Aquila chrysaetos. 



Golden Eag^tc. 



/3. canadensis. 



{Poh-tahl -ing-ehli of the Washoes ; Queh-nah' of the Paiutes ; Gueh'-nah of 



the Shoshones.) 



Falco canadensis, Linn., Syst. Nat., I, 1753, 88. 



Aquila canadensis, Cassin, Baird's Birds N. Am., 18j8, 41. — Baird, Cat. N. Am. 



Birds, 18.3!), No. 39.— CoorEU, Orn. Cal., I, 1870, 449. 

 Aquila chrysaetos var. canadensis, RiDGWAV, B. B. & R., Uist. N. Am. B., Ill, 



1874, 314.— Uenshaw, 1875, 426. 

 Aquila chiysaetos, CoUFS, Key, 1872, 219; Check List, 1873, No. 301; Birds N.^V., 



1874, 3G8. 



The magnificent Golden Eagle is an almost daily sight in the mount- 

 ain-regions of the Interior. At Carson City we scarcely ever went among 

 the hills withont seeing it, soaring about, generally in pairs, overhead. Wo 

 first met with it in July, 18G7, near the summit of the western slope of the 



