504 AUTHENTIC HISTORY 



2. Falco, (Falco,) anatum (Linn,.) Bonap., Duck Hawk. Resident, common on the 

 Susquehanna, feeds principally on water fowl; bold and dai-ing; often seizing 

 the game, shot down by the gunner; breeds in the county. Sp'm. No. 1, Mus. 

 Linngean Society, Lancaster City. 



8. F. (Hypotriorchis,) columbarius, Linn., Pigeon Hawk. Not common; one speci- 

 men in my collection, captm-ed in the county. 



4. F. (Tinnunculus,) sparverius, Linn., Sparrow Hawk. Common summer and win- 



ter; feeds on small birds, mice and reptiles; breeds in the county. Sp'm. No. 2, 

 Mus. Linn. Soc, Lane. 



5. Astur, atricapillus, WiUon, Bonap., Goshawk. Occasionally in winter destructive 



to partridges. 



6. Accipiter cooperii, Bonap., Baird, Cooper's Hawk. Rapacious; rare specimen in my 



collection; shot in the county. 



7. A. fuscus, Omelin, Baird, Shai'p-shinned Hawk, Common in summer; preys on 



small birds and mice; breeds in the county. Sp'm No. [3, Mus. Linnn. Soc. 

 Lancaster. 



8. Buteo (Poecilopternis) borealis, (Gmel.,) Vieill., Red-tailed Hawk. Resident, 



common, powerful and audacious; feeds on poultry, birds and small quadru- 

 peds; breeds in the county. Sp'm No. 5, Mus. Linn. Soc. Lane. 



9. B. (P.) pennsylvanicus, {Wils.,) Bonap., Broad-winged Hawk. Rather rare. 



10. B. (P.) lineatus, {Gmel.,) Jardine, Red-shouldered or Winter Hawk. Bold and 



rapacious. An incident known to me occurred here, which illustrates the bold- 

 ness of this species; in which an individual pursued a covey of partridges under 

 a corn-crib, and was killed with a club as he came out, by a boy. Sp'm No. 

 140, Mus. Linn. Soc. 



11. Archibuteo lagopus, (Or?«eZ.,) 5(Z., Rough-legged Hawk. Winter; feeds principally 



on mice. 



12. A. sanctijohannis, {Gmel.,) Bd., Black Hawk. Winter resident, not uncommon; 



Several fine specimens in Mr. Hensel's collection, Lane; shot in the county. 



13. Nauclerus furcatus, {Linn.,) Viff., Swallow-tailed Hawk. Rare, occurs in the 



southern jjortion of the county; probably its northern limits. A fine specimen 

 in the old Lane. INIus. ; shot in the county. 



14. Circus hudsonius, {Linn.,) Vieill., Marsh Hawk. Common in winter; preys prin- 



cipally on mice and reptiles. 



15. Aquila canadensis, {Linn.,) Cassin., American Golden Eagle, Grey Eagle. This 



noble species is now rarely met with anywhere. This is the imperial bird of 

 America. There is no other falcon that can at all compare with him in majesty 

 of mien, or energy of character. He never, although pressed by the demands 

 of hunger, stoops to regale himself on tainted flesh or carrion, like the bald 

 eagle, nor exhibits that detestable tyranny and rapacity which is so characteristic 

 of that more ignoble species, which plunders more sagacious and industrious 

 hunters of their hard-earned spoils, but relies '.on his own power and energy to 

 strike down for himself the quarry, and devours it whilst the flesh still palpitates. 

 The splendid specimen in the coUeotion of the Linnsean Society, No. 124, was shot 

 December 27th, 1867, near Willow; Street, in this county, where he had been 

 depredating upon the poultry of the farmers for several weeks. Although fatally 

 woiinded, he bravely, while life remained, defended himself against the eftbi'ts of 

 his captor to dispatch him. (These facts, in relation to this individual, were 

 communicated by Prof. S. S. Rathvon.) 



16. Haliaetus leucocephalus, {Linn.,) Savigny, Bald Eagle. Frequent on the Susque- 



hanna, especially in the neighborhood of fish j^ots; tyrannical and rapacious; 

 feeds upon young pigs, lambs, ducks, fish, and carrion if pressed. An incident 

 occurred, Avhicli was witnessed by a number of persons, at Marietta, a few years 



