FA LCM )N I D.E — Til K FALCONS. 



24' 



IF.Mi. Miildlo Anioricft (rnmi const to coiisl), IVoiii Coslii Iticii iiiul (iiiiitunmlft to 

 soutlit'i'ii l)onk'r of I'liili'd Stiitos, Ari/.oiia, Ijiccdin;,' (IIkmiiiu:). Soutlicrn Illinois 

 (liiuliluiid Co.) June (Uininv.w). 



LIST or SI'K<'IMKXH KXA.MIXKI>. 



Natioiinl Aliiseiiin, K!; l'iiiliidi'l|>liiii Aciidfuiy, 3; Boston Society, ij ; Cab. 0. N. 

 Lawremr, 1 ; U. Uid},'wny, 2. Total, '24. 



Haiuts. Tliis is a Mexican ami Central Anierican lfa\vl<, wliicli ocia- 

 sioiially crosses the bonleis of tlie United States, liavino been seen by Mr. 

 Kiilgway in Southern Illinois, 

 and ibiuid breeding, by ("ajjtain 

 Bendirc, in Arizona, near Tucson. 

 It has been found in the State of 

 New Leon, one of the most north- 

 ern provinces of Mexico, Ity Lieu- 

 tenant Couch, who has, however, 

 supplied no notes as to any pecu- 

 liarities in its habits. It was said 

 to breed in the tops of lofty 

 trees, and to have eggs of a 

 greenish-white, reseniljling those 

 of Astur affirapillus. In Cen- 

 tral America it is said by Sal- 

 vin to be abundant in the hot 

 country on both coast regions of 

 the Republic of Ciuatemala, but it is not found in the temperate regions. Its 

 food consists of lizards, and its flesh is in conse(iuence very 'aidv. 



Mr. Iiol)ert I'idgway has met with this Hawk as far to tlie north as South- 

 ern Illinois. It was seen and twice shot at on the 19th of August, 1871, on 

 Fox Prairie, in Ifichland County. Mr. IJidgway came across it while hunt- 

 ing Swallow-tail and Mississi])pi Kites. The bird, while being annoyed by 

 these Hawks, was well seen, and there cannot be the slightest doubt as to its 

 identity. 



Mr. Robert Owen found this Hawk, known in Guatemala by the local 

 name of Gnvilun, a conniion name for the whole race of liirds of prey, breed- 

 ing at San Geronimo, April 3, 18G0. The nests are usually found in the 

 high trees which are scattered over the plain, and not unfrequently within 

 a few yards of the Indian ranches. Two eggs seemed to be the comple- 

 ment laid by one bird. These eggs are described by Mr. Owen as all 



Asturina plagiala. 



