b BinDS OF EAST PENNSYLVANIA. 



Golden Eagle. . . . Aquila chrysaHtos. Ring -TAILED 

 Eagle. Very rare. A few are seen 

 almost every Autumn. (S. & A.) 



Bald Eagle HaUaiitus leucocephalus. White- 

 headed Eagle. Eather rare, and 

 oftener seen in Spring, haunting the 

 Delaware and larger streams inland. 

 It breeds in New Jersey, on the 

 sea-coast. 



Fisll Hawk Pamlion Carolinensis. Ospeey. Not 



uncommon, especially about Great 

 Egg Harbour, where it nestles in large 

 communities. It arrives in the end 

 of March, and departs early in Octo- 

 ber. Very closely allied to Pandion 

 haliaetus of the Old World— the 

 difference being so slight as to make 

 it almost a variety. (S.) 



Duck Hawk Falco anatum. Geeat Footed Hawk. 



Rare. During Autumn and Winter 

 it frequents the marshes along the 

 sea-coast and the courses of rivers, 

 preying upon wild fowl. It breeds 

 on the AUeghanies and the cliffs 

 bordering the Susquehanna. This 

 bird is very like the Falco jieregriiuts 

 of Europe, but is larger, and is now 

 believed to be a distinct species. 



Pigeon Hawk. . . . Falco columbaHus. Bullet Hawk. 

 A daring plunderer in poultry yards. 

 It migrates in Spruig to the north, 

 where it breeds, returning in the 

 Autumn. At this season, and also 

 in Winter, it is not uncommon. (W.) 



Sparrow Hawk. . . . Falco dporverius. This beautiful little 

 Hawk is plentifully distributed. 



Goshawk Astur atricapillus. Rare, arrixdng 



early in September from the North. 

 Audubon mentions having found its 



