140 EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS WEST OF 100TH MERIDIAN. 

 Iris dark-brown ; cere greenish-yellow ; legs and feet yellow. 



151. Buteo borealis (Gmel.), var. calurus, Caesin. Western Bed- tailed 

 Hawk. 

 A wide-spread species, seen occasionally during the season. 



152. Haliaetm lucocephalus (L.) American Eagle; Bald Eagle. 



An adult pair of these magnificent birds was seen in a canon a few 

 miles south of Apache. A solitary bird was to be seen now and then, 

 perched OD some lofty dead stub overlooking a stream, and apparently 

 on the watch for fish. As Fish-Hawks are by no means numerous, the 

 eagles are compelled to have recourse to their own resources, and do 

 their own fishing and hunting to a much greater extent than upon the 

 coast, where their successful attempts at robbing the Osprey are well 

 known. Among the Zuiii Indians, these birds are highly prized, as 

 affording the feathers with which they deck themselves at their sacred 

 feasts and dances. At the pueblo Zuni, I saw perhaps a dozen kept in 

 wicker-iuclosures. They presented a most lamentable appearance, as 

 their bodies were devoid of feathers, which had been plucked out long 

 before. The quills and tail-feathers are especially valued. 



CATHARTIDJE (the American Vultures). 



153. EhinogrypJms aura (L.) Red-headed Vulture. 



The turkey- buzzard is found throughout Eastern Arizona and West- 

 ern Xew Mexico, where it congregates on the outskirts of the settle- 

 ments, and feeds upon the refuse and carrion which may fall in its way. 

 At Apache and Camp Grant it was particularly numerous, and at the 

 latter place freely associated with the Swaiuson's Hawk (B. swainsonii). 

 The quills of this bird are generally used by the Indians to feather their 

 arrows. 



COLUMBID^E (the Pigeons). 



153. Columba fasciata, Say. Band- tailed Pigeon. 



Of the habits of this beautiful pigeon I am able to add nothing to 

 what is already known. At Apache, Ariz., further north than which I 

 did not meet with it, I obtained a single specimen, August 21. In pass- 

 ing southward from here, during September I saw an occasional flock, 

 on one occasion at least two hundred. They were generally engaged in 

 picking up seeds, and betrayed the utmost shyness, so that I found it 

 impossible to either observe their habits or procure specimens. 



Iris red 5 bill yellow, black at tip ; legs and feet yellow. 



