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168. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gmel.). ROUGH- 

 LEGGED HAWK. (3470.)- North America, breeding north of the 

 United States and wintering as far south as Virginia. It is here 

 a rather rare winter resident. 



169. Aquila chrysaetos (Linn.). GOLDEN EAGLE. (349.) 

 North America ; of rare occurrence east of the Mississippi. It 

 has been recorded from Islip, L. I. (Giraud\ Carnarsie, L. \.(Dut- 

 cher), Gravesend, L. I. (Johnson], and Highland Falls, N. Y., 

 where, Dr. Mearns states, it is occasionally observed and was 

 formerly known to nest. 



*I70. Haliaetusleucocephalus (Linn.). BALD EAGLE. (352.) 

 North America, breeding throughout its range. This Eagle is 

 here a rather rare bird ; it is said by Dr. Mearns to nest in the 

 Highlands of the Hudson. On Long Island it is a not uncommon 

 resident and breeds in several localities (Dutcher, MS.). 



171. Falco islandus JBrUnn. WHITE GYRFALCON. (353.) 

 An arctic species, rarely visiting the United States. The only 

 record for this vicinity is that of a specimen killed on Long Island 

 in the winter of 1856 (Lawrence, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist., New York, 

 VIII, 1866, p. 280). 



172 Falco rusticolus obsoletus (Gmel). BLACK GYRFAL- 

 CON. (354^.)" Labrador, south in winter to Maine and New York." 

 There is but one record of its occurrence in this vicinity, viz., a 

 specimen shot in the fall of 1875, near Flushing, L. I. (fierier, 

 Bull. N. O. C , VI, 1881, pp. 126, 247). I have not seen the spe- 

 cimens upon which these records are based. Our Gyrfalcons are 

 difficult birds to identify and it is quite possible that the species 

 here recorded may have been wrongly named. 



173. Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.\ DUCK HAWK. 

 (356.) North America and the greater part of South America, 

 breeding from our Southern States northward. This Falcon, the 

 " noble Peregrine" of Falconry, is a not uncommon migrant, 

 especially along our coast, and is a rare summer resident along the 

 Palisades and Highlands of the Hudson, where it is known to breed. 



174. Falco columbarius Linn. PIGEON HAWK. (257.) 

 Breeds from the northern United States northward, and winters 

 from the Southern States southward. It is here a common migrant, 

 occurring chiefly an our coasts. 



