592 ORNITHOLOGY. 



IIxVLIAETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS. 

 Bald £a^'ic. 



Falco leiwocephalits, Linn., S.vst. Nat., I, 17GG, 1131. 



IlaKaiilus leucoeephalm, Savigny.— Guv., libg. An., cd. 2, I, 1S17, 32G.— Oassin 

 Baird's Birds N. Am., 1858, 43.— Baikd, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 43.— 

 Cooper, Orii. CaL, I, 1870, 451.— Coues, Key, 1872, 21'.); Ciieck List, 1S73, 

 No. 3G2; Birds N.W., 1874, 309.— B. B. & 11., Hist. N. Am. Birds, III, 1874, 

 32G.— Henshaw, 1875, 427. 



The Bald Eagle Avaa met with only in the iieiyhborhood of Pyramid 

 Lake, Avhere it was rare. One individual was seen some thirty or forty 

 miles from the lake, in the pass of the Truckee River through the Virginia 

 Mountains; it was an adult, and w^as flying along the stream. In August, 

 18G7, when we visited the main island in Pyramid Lake, Mr. II. G. Parker 

 pointed out to us the nest of a pair of these Eagles which had been occupied 

 the preceding season. This nest was placed inside an oven-like cave about 

 half-way up the side of the perpendicular rocks which foi-med this portion 

 of the shore. The entrance was about fifteen feet from the top of the rook, 

 and the same distance from the water, so it was inaccessible by any means 

 then at command; but it could be plainly seen by looking through a crevice 

 in the top of the rock. This nest was a huge bed of coarse sticks laid on 

 the floor of the cave, and scattered about were the bones of numerous 

 animals which were carried as food to the young. Mr. Parker remarked 

 that on a former visit to the island the nest was occupied, and that he had 

 seen the owners destroy the nest of a pair of wild geese (Branfa canadensis) 

 which had been established on the ground near by. The nest had doubtless 

 been abandoned in consequence of frequent visits to the island by persons 

 who came after Gidl's eggs. 



Elanus leucueus. 



AVIiite-tailed Kite. 



Milru.s h'uciD-us, ViHiLLOT, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat, XX, ISIG, 55G. 



JElanm leuvurus, Bo.NiP., Corap. & Geog. List, 1S3S, 4 — Cassin, Baird's Birds 



N. Am., 1858, 37.— Baikd, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, No. 35.— Cooper, Orn. 



Cal., I, 1870, 488, CouES, Key, 1872, 211 ; Check List, 1873, No. 33C.— B. B. 



& R., Hist. N. Am. Birds, 111, 1874, 1!)8. 



We did not see this species, but it is represented in the collection b}- a 



