AKCIIIBUTEO SANCTI-JOnANNIS. 580 



AncniBUTEO LAGorus. 



Itoiig;9i-l<>g^c<l II»vvk. 



ft. sniictt-joJiaiiiiis. 

 {Ma -loo-i'hl;. and Ma' -ede-han-ah' -ehk of the Washoes; Assut'tc-Quvli-iiali' 

 of the Paiutes; Pe'ah-Gueh-nah' of the Shosliones ) 

 Fiilco .saitcti-johannis, Gmelin, Syst. Nat., I, ITSS, 27.".. 



Archihutco sanctijohaniii.s, Gray, Genera of Birds, . — Cassin, BairiFs Bird.s 



N. Am., 1.S5S, 33.— Baird, Gat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, Xo. 31.— Gooper, Oru. 

 Gal., I, 1870, -185. 

 Archihutco lagopus var. sancti-johannis, Ridgway, Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Pbilad., 1870, 

 142.— COUES, Key, 1872, 218; Glieck List, 1873, No. 356; Birds N.W., 1871, 

 301.— B. B. & E., Eist. N. Am. Birds, III, 1874, 301.— Denshaw, 1875, 425. 

 Archibitfeo lagopus, Gassin, Baird's Birds N. Am., 1858, 32 (not of Gray, cx 

 Bruimn, 17G4).— Baird, Gat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 30.— Gooper, Orn. Gal., 

 I, 1870, 483. 



Tliis common species wa.s observed nearly everywhere in the vicinity 

 of the fertile valleys. It appears to be resident in Avestern Nevada, for it 

 was extremely abundant in July at the Truckee Meadows, where during 

 the day half a dozen or more were often noticed at one time sailing in broad 

 circles over the meadows. The flight of this Ilawk is extremely similar 

 to that of the Golden Eagle, a fact which probably explains why the 

 Indians class it with fhe Eagles instead of with the Hen Hawks {Butco)} 

 Most of those seen were in the light-colored, or normal, phase of plumage ; 

 in fact, but one individual was seen which might have been the black phase 

 of this species, although it is by no means certain it was not an adult spec- 

 imen of Buteo ahhreviatus." This specimen was seen in the latter part of 

 February, high overhead, sailing in a direct line from the eastward toward 

 the Sierra Nevada. Its color was an intense black, relieved by a conspic- 

 uous white patch under the primaries and several distinct bands of the same 

 across the tail. 



List of specimens. 



348, ? jin\; Truckee Reservation, near Pyramid Lake, December 9, 18G7. 23.1 — 

 50-18^ — 15 — li^ij— (?) — 10— 5J. Bill, deep black, becoming pale blue on the ba.sal ba'.f 



' See Indian names above, and compare with those of AquiJa canadensis (page 590). 

 ^ Buteo zonoccrcns, SCL., B. B. & R., Hist. N. Am. Birds, III, p. 272. 



