FALCONIDJ<; — TIIJ;; FALCl )NS. 





and the snmllor spocic-s of wild duck. Ho saw none of the youn-, luit was 

 told that they appeared to he of a hwlen-jrray color at a distance, and at the 

 approach of wniter hecanie a.s dark as their i)arei!ts. 



^ Mr. Dresser states that he noticed liiis hird on several ..ccasjons near 

 San Anionio l).it was not lortiinate enou^Ii to sho(.t one. Ho received one 



Mcciuien that l;a,l hoen shot hy a lad on the Medina l.'iver. JI,. was in- 

 - rnied hy a man living near there, who was a oood sportsman and a carefnl 

 observer, that he had several times found their nests, and Dr. Jleennaini is 

 .said to have obtained the eggs there several years befoio. Dr. Cones did not 

 meet with it m Arizona, where it jirobably, however, will \(.t be found 

 Specimens hnAi., boon received from Mexico,^ as is stated by Vassin and a 

 ]5u/zara, which Mr. Salvin referred to this species, was seen by him near 

 Duefias, where it was liy no means common. 



A specimen of this species has recently been taken in Kansas, near Law- 

 rence, as recorded by Professor Snow, and fully identified at the Smith- 

 sonian lastitutiou. 



Buteo cooperi, Cassin. 



COOPER'S BBD-TAILEB HAWK. 



Batco cooperi, Ca.s.s. P. A. X. S. I'hilad. VIK, 18,^0, 253. - In. WmU N. Am. 1858, 31 i.l 

 XVI.- Com,.. & S.cK. P. ]{. |{. 1!..,,,. XII, ii. 1860, HS.-Okay. Hand List, I, 8. -I 

 RluoWAV, \\ A. N. S. Dtr. 1870, 1^12. - (.'(.rEs, Key, 1872, 43. 



Sp. Char. Adult (8.525. Santa Clara. Califoniia, Oct. 18.-,ti: Dr. J. G. Cooper). [loail 

 neck-, and whoU; lower parts white ; UnuIums oI' Ihe head ■ 

 and neek witii medial loufvitudinal streaks of Mack, the 



while prevailinfT on the occiput and snperiiliary re<rion, '^ 



— the black predominatin>( over the cheeks, forming ii 

 "mu.stadie"; throat with line lanceolate blacki.sh streaks; 

 .sides of the )>reast with broader, nioie euneale niark- 

 insrs of the s.mie : flanks with narrow, ianceolute stripes, 

 the.se extending spar.sely across the abdomen; tibia;, and 

 lower tail-coverts innnacMlate. the inner face of the for- 

 mer, however, Avitli faint specks. T'pper phnnatri! in 

 general dark plnmbeous-brown, inclininir to black on the 

 back; iilumbeons clearest on primaries!, which are uni- 

 formly of this color, the inner ones inclining to line cine- 

 reou.s. 8ca[)nlars and wing-coverts .spattered with white 

 beneath the surl'ace. Rum]) black; upper tail-coverts 

 white tinged with rufous, and with irregular, di.«tant trans- 

 verse ))ars of blackish. Tail wilh light rufous prevailing, 

 but this broken up liy longitudinal daubs and wa.shes of 

 oinereons, and darker mottliugs ruiuiing longitudinally on 

 both wel)s ; basally, the ground-color approaches white ; 

 tips white, and a distinct, but very irregular, sulit(?rniinal 

 band of black, into which the longitudinal mottlings melt ; 

 outer wells of lateral feathers entirely cinereou.s, and with- 

 out the black band. Under side of the wing white, with a large black space on the 



So2a. 



Biitto cooperi. 



