EATON BIRDS OF WESTERN NEW YORK. 35 



343. Buteo latissimus (Wils.) Broad-winged hawk. 



Summer resident ; rather rare. Mar. Oct. Found in low, 

 open woods and swamps. Its nest has been found in Oneida Co. , 

 Apr. 24, 1883 R. & B. , p. 1 1 8. Also probably breeds near 

 Buffalo Ottomar Reinecke. Beneficial. 



347a. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gmel. ) American 



rough legged hawk. 



Winter visitant ; fairly common. Oct. Apr. Found in open 

 country perching on isolated trees or hunting over swamps and mead- 

 ows. Beneficial ; food, mice and other small quadrupeds. 



349. Aquila chrysa'etos (Linn.) Golden eagle. 



Accidental visitant. Clinton, May, 1896 Auk 14, 227. 

 Rochester, Oct. 25, 1900. This bird evidently struck an electric 

 light wire at night when dazzled by the light, on Clinton Avenue near 

 St. Michael's church. Exhausted by long flight and fasting, and 

 injured by the blow it had received, the bird was captured in the 

 morning and is now in Seneca Park. Mr. C. E. Laney assures me 

 that the bird bore no marks of previous confinement. 



352. Haliaeetus leucocephalus (Linn.) Bald eagle. 



Resident ; uncommon. Most frequently seen on the shores of 

 our lakes and along large streams. Apparently does not breed in 

 Western New York except at Sodus Bay. 



354b. Falco rusticolus obsoletus (Gmel.) Black gyrfalcon. 



Winter visitant; very rare. Monroe Co., Oct., 1890 Auk 

 9, 203. 



356. Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.) Duck hawk. 

 Transient visitant; rare. Ithaca, 1899 L. A. Fuertes. Grand 



Island, 1885 Berg. p. 10. Seneca Lake, winter of 1878 Aub. p. 

 27. Breeds in Hamilton Co. Auk 14, 226. 



357. Falco columbarius Linn. Pigeon hawk. 



Transient visitant; rather uncommon. Apr., Sept. Nov. Usually 

 seen near the edges of woods or along the border of lakes and streams. 

 Reported as breeding near Buffalo Berg. p. 10; and Naples Short, 

 p. ii. Injurious; feeds mostly on small birds. 



