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plentiful and easily obtainable. They nested there 

 three consecutive seasons unmolested by the occupants 

 of the dwelling. I shot the female as she flew from the 

 nest, April 4, 1880. Her stomach contained several 

 small lizards, a tree-frog (Hyla), grubs and insects. 

 May 11, 1879, there were three young in the nest that 

 would weigh about a pound each. Mr. Charles Moore, 

 who climbed the large oak in which the nest was placed, 

 reported a lining of green but dried and broken leaves 

 in the nest, about three inches deep in the center. On 

 April 4, 1880, there were three nearly fresh eggs in the 

 nest, which this year had a lining of the lace-like lichen 

 (Ramalina retiformis), found on the oaks in the vicinity, 

 a sample of which was brought down from the nest by 

 Mr. George Ashley, who, with great difficulty, secured 

 the eggs. The largest egg measured 225x175; ground 

 color of all bluish-white, much blotched with reddish- 

 brown, the brown varying greatly in intensity. One 

 egg was smaller and paler than the others, and was 

 probably unfruitful. I saw one of these hawks at Stock- 

 ton, January 25, 1885, repairing an old nest. This, 

 too, was near a farm-house where poultry was abundant, 

 but I doubt if it often attacks poultry, though I have 

 known them to catch small birds. 



Newberry. Common in those parts of California and 

 Oregon traversed by our party. 



Ridgway. Seen only in the Sacramento valley, where 

 it was rather common among the trees along the river. 



Cooper, 1870. Common in the southern part of the 

 State, especially near San Diego. I did not see any in 

 the Colorado valley. 



El Cajon, San Diego County. L. B. April 26, 1884, 

 a pair about a nest. I saw one in Santa Margarita canon 

 April 26, 1885, and I also saw two in San Rafael valley, 

 95 miles southeast of San Diego, May 12, 1885. 



Marysville. W. F. Peacock. November, 1885. 



