160 NORTH AMKUICAX IMKDS. 



west const rofjion ; very lij,'lit — llu^ lijj;lit tiuiikiiij,'s extended and nmltiiilied 

 — ill tlii^ iiiiildle re;,'iiiii ; imd iiiteniiediiite in tli(( Atluntie. rejiiun. 



IIaiuts. T1i(! ilistrihutiDii of'tlie \vell-i<ii(i\vn I'i^fcnii Iluwk is very neiirly 

 citextensive witli tlie wliole oi' Xortli Aiiierieii. It in Itiuml in tlie lireed- 

 iii}j;-sea.s()ii us far to the nortli as Fdi't Anderson, on the Anderson and Mc- 

 Kenzio rivers, raiijiinj; even to the Arctic coast. Siieciineiis were taken liy 

 Mr. IJoss at l^apierre llonse and at Kortdood llo|ie. Scleral speeiniens 

 Mere taken liy Mr. Dall at Xulato, wliere, he stales, it is I'oiind all the year 

 riMiiid. They were also taken liy liisclioH'at Kodiak. i)urin_'j the hreedinj,'- 

 season it is I'onnd as I'ar soulii as Xova Seotiii, New i»rnnswick, and tiie 

 nortlK'rn portions of Elaine, and iirobably V'erniont and Xew York. It is 

 aliiindant on the I'acilic coast. 



In the winter niontiis it is to lie met v.itli throughout the more tenijierate 

 portions of Xortii America, in Me.xico, Central America, and X^trthern South 

 America. Dr. W oodhouse mentions findin;,' this s]iecics very aliundant es- 

 jM'cially anioiij,' the wooded lianks of watercourses tln'()U>,diout Ti;.\as, X'^ew 

 Mexico, and the Indian Territory. 



Mr. March states that this Hawk is a ])erniiuient resident in the island 

 of damaica, more fre([iiently found amonif the hills than on the ])lain.s, and 

 has litien known to breed there. It is a visitant of Cuba. Dr. Coojx-r thinks 

 they arc not very common in Wasliinijtou Territory, thouj,'h, as they are 

 found tiiere throu,i,diout the sunnner, they undoubtedly breed there. In Au- 

 i,nist, liS.")."), Dr. Cooper shot one of a small family of youny that had but 

 recently left tlieir nest. Tiiey migrate s(nithward in winter, and are abun- 

 dai.t in California in Octolier and November. 



Dr. Sucklcy found them abundant about Fort Steilacnom early in August. 

 Xear Puget Sound this species is thought to lireed in the recesses of the 

 Ca.scade Mountain.s, only coming down upon the open jilains late in the 

 sunimei'. Dr. Newberry found it paired and nesting about the Klamath 

 Lakes, and states that it also occiijiies all the region south of the Columliia, 

 in Oregon. ^Ir. Dresser states that he found tliis Falcon common about 

 I>e.xar and the adjoining counties during the entire y<'ar, and that they occa- 

 sionally breed near the Aledina Hiver. I have been unable to find any 

 .satisfactory evidence that this Hawk e\ jr breeds in any part of Massadiu- 

 setts, or anywhere .south of the 44th parallel in the Eastern States, excejjt, 

 perha]is, in mountainous regicnis. 



This Hawk is remarkable for its nijjid Higlit, and its courage and its enter- 

 jirisc in attacking birds as large as or even larger than itself, though generally 

 it only preys upon smalh;r birds, such as (Irakles, lled-winged Ulackbirds, 

 IJoliius, and Pigeons. Dr. Cooper states that having been attracted by an 

 unusual .screaming of some bird close to the house, he was surprised to lind 

 that one of these Hawks had just seized ujion a Flicker, a bird as large as 

 itself, the weight of which had brought it to the ground, and which it 

 continued to hold in its claws even after it had been mortally wounded. 



