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43. Polyborus cheriway (Jacq.) AUDUBON'S CARACARA. 

 Heermann. I am happy to be able to add this inter- 

 esting species to the fauna of California, having seen it 

 on the Colorado River near Fort Yuma. 



44. Pandion haliaetus carolinensis(GmeL) AMERICAN 



OSPREY. 



A few seen at San Diego in winter. L. B. 



Santa Catalina Island. F. Stephens. August, 1886, 

 one seen. 



Cooper, 1870. Found wherever there is clear water 

 containing fish. June 20 the young birds about Cata- 

 lina Island appeared to be fully fledged. 



Santa Cruz. Joseph Skirm. A pair have nested here 

 several summers. 



Bodega Bay. F. H. Holmes. Shot here. 



Newberry. Along the Sacramento River, far up on 

 Pit River, around the Klamath Lakes, in the Cascade 

 Mountains, on the Columbia and Willamette, we still 

 found the fish-hawk. 



Heermann. Abundant, being met with throughout 

 the whole extent of California. In the fall it migrates 

 south. 



0. B. Johnson. Common along the Columbia and 

 Willamette Rivers, nesting in trees. 



Cooper, 1860. Common along the coast, arriving at 

 Puget Sound by the middle of April. 



British Columbia. John Fannin. Abundant sum- 

 mer resident. 



Henshaw, 1879. Present on nearly all the lakes and 

 streams that furnish fish. 



Camp Harney. Bendire. A rare summer visitor. 



Ridgway. Seen only along the lower portion of the 

 Truckee River near Pyramid Lake where it was rather 

 common in May. It no doubt bred in that locality. 



