PALCON8, HAWKS, EAO1 



S54a. F. r. jfyrftilco .' /.. .. (ivitfAi. ..\. II. u d streaked with 

 buffy white and fuscou* or black ; t>uck varying fn.m brownish ^ray to iiUtjr 

 fuaooua, mfjtasl complete ban and sometime* entirely unburml ; tail of the 

 Mine color M the back, with indistinct <>r in.-..n,|.letc lighter bur*; umier 

 parU heavily streaked with whiti.-h and t'u-cous. 



Rangt. * N<>rtlnTii Kur-.j-.- un<l ar.-ti.- America, from northern Labrador 

 and coasts of llu.lw'ii Kay to Alaska"; ra-ually south in wind r t K. I. 



3Mb. F. P. obsoletus BI.A.-K (iYitrAU-oN. t'pper parts 



uniform slaty fuscous, without bare; tail the um<-, without <>r with only 

 broken ban ; umlt-r part* of the name color as the back ; the ft-utla-n with 

 partly concealed butty sj.t.-. 



Ramyt. Labrador ; southward in winter, casually to Lon^ Inland. 



Ktmarkt. (.iyrfalcoiu are BO rare in i-ullcction;* that the dtMftptiOM here 

 given can not be considered an applying t the gpx<ie as a whole, nut rather 

 to the individuals from which the ileseriptii'iis were taken. /'. inlauJut ia the 

 lightest colored, and /'. r. obtulrtm is the darkest of our supposed tour fumut, 

 while the others an- interine<liatc )>etweeii tlicse two. 



866. FaUco mexicanus >./.''../. I'RAIKIK KM.-S. Ad. Above, 

 grayish brown; primaries and inner wel* of all l>ut the middle tail teuthere 

 with numerous buffy bars or spots; below, white, streaked und s|otte.l with 

 dark grayish brown, ///i. Similar, but with the u||-r parts margined with 

 oohraoeotu-buffor butfy. 6 L^ 17"00; W., l-j _ ; T., 7-00. 



Rangt. Western United States, eastward casually to Illinois. 



Air**, on cliffs, sometime* in hollow tree*. Kggt^ two to five, "creamy 

 white, vinaceous-white, or pale vinaceous-butiy, r>|>nnkle<l, H|ieckled, or 

 irregularly spotted with madder-brown, 2-06 x 1-60" (Ki.l.- 



"The Prairie Falcon, as the name implies, is a typical plains bird, 

 and inhabits the dry interior. . . . 



"The flight of this Hawk is swift and graceful, though in most 

 cases it is carried on at no great distance frmn the ^nnmd. It i- nt 

 shy bird, except in sections where it has been persecuted and has 

 learned that man is its worst enemy" (Fislu-n. 



356. Falco peregrrinus anatum /.' >,./. >. IM.K HAWK. Ad. 

 l'p|xT part* dark bluish slatf-<t>lor; primaries burred with iH-hr:u-eous: tail 

 indistinctly barred with blackish and ti|>[M-l with white; under parts cream- 

 buff, barred and spotted with black, except n the 1-rvant 7/n. Upper parta 

 fteom, more or less margined with ochraceous or rut'oii*; region In-low the 

 eye black ; ear-coverts butly ; win^ as in the ad. ; up|>er surface of the tail 

 barred with grayish, under surface barred with ochrareous-hutT: under parts 

 crram-bufT or ochracfnus-buff, streaked, s|>tt<-.|. or )mnvl with black. 6 L., 

 1-00; W M 18-25; T., 6-.V); B. from N., -88. 9 L., 19-00; W., 14-00; T., 7'50. 



Kattyt. North America and the greater part of South America, IT 

 'ocally from our Southern State* northward. 



Washington, rare and irregular W. V. Sing Sing, casual. Cambridge, 

 rare T. V., casual in winter. 

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