304 NOKTII AMERICAN UIIIDS. 



Archibuteo lagopus, vm. sancti-johannis (Penx.) 



ROirOH-LEOaEI) HAWK; BLACK HAWK. 



Fah-o nancti-johaniiis, 1'knn. Ant. Zoul. pi. ix, 178.'>. — (Imeu Sy.st. Nat. p. 273, 17S9. — 



L.vril. Iiuli'.x Oni. p. U, 17SHi; Syii. 1, 77; Utn. Hist. I, 270. - Daiu. Tr. Oni. II, 



105, 1800. — Sii.vw, Zoiil. VII, 150, 180i). - Bos.U'. Ann. Lye. N. Y. II, 32. —Aid. 



Oni. Biog. II, 381, 1831. — Giii.vii), H. Loiif; Island, j). (5, 1814. — Kr.uii, Trans. 



Oinel. II, .')07, 17il2. liiitco miicli-jti/uiiiiii.i, .l.viii). (Was.) Am. Oni. II, 287, 288, 



1832. — NriT. Mini. Oin. V. S. & Tanad. p. 98, 1833. — I)k Kay, Zoiil. N. Y. II, 7, 



111. ii, lig. 3, 1844. Btitai'ten suncti-joliunnis, t'rv. Keg. An. (ed. 1), i, 323, 1829.— 



HdXAi'. List, ]). 3, 1838. Archihulco miieti-johanms, Gkay, Gen. B. I'ol. sp. 2, 1844 ; 



List B. Brit. Mus. p. 39, 1844. — Bo.nai'. t'onsp. Av. ji. 18, 1850. — Cass. Birds Calif. 



& Tex. p. 103, 1854. — Blaklst. Ibis, III, ISGl, 318 (eggs). — Kai'I', Monog. Fale. 



Cont. Oni. 1850, p. 75. — SriiicKL. Oni. Syn. I, 40, 1855. — Buewku, Oology, 1857, 



34, pi. iii, f. 28. — (.'As,s. Birds N. Am. 1858, 33. — Ghay, Hand Li.st, I, 10, 1869. 



Fairo spfulkcus, Gmki.. Syst. Xat. p. 273, 1789. — Latii. hid. Oni. p. 27, 1790 ; Gen. 



Hist. I, 279. — Dauii. Tr. Oni. II, 109, 1800. lUiteo spadicrus, Vikill. Ois. Am. Sept. 



I, 34, 1807. Fiiln, lariopas, Wii.s. Am. Oni. pi. xxxiii, 1'. 1, 1808. — BiiKW, (Wils.) 



Am. Oni. Syn. t)48, 1852. — Boxap. .\nn. Lye. \. Y. II, 32; Isis, 1852, 1138. — Ari). 



Birds Am. p' .Ixvi, 422, 1831 ; Oni. Biog. II, 377; V, 217. Butco higopus, Run. 



Faun. Bor. Am. II, pi. xxviii, 1831. — AiMi. Synop. p. 8, 1839. — James. (Wils.) Am. 



Oni. 1, 77, 1831. ^.Iaimi. (Wils.) Am. Orn. II, p. 54, 1832. — Nnr. Man. Oni. p. 97, 



1833. — Peaii. B. Jliiss. p. 79, 1841. Aixhihuteo /ai/opiis, Ca.ss. Birds N. Am. 1858, 



p. 32.— BitKWEK, Oology, 1857, 3t), pi. iii, f. 29. — Cooi-. & SrcK. P. K. U. Kept. VI li 



ii, 148, 1860. — CouEs, Prod. Oni. Ariz. p. 16, 1866. Fa/co ni<jcr, Wils. Am. Oni. 



pi. liii, figs. 1 and 2, 1808. - Latii. Gen. Hist. pp. 256, 257, 1821. ISutco niqer, 



Stkimi. Zoiil. XIII, pt. ii, p. 47, 1815. — Vio. Zoiil. .louni. I, 340. — Tames. (Wils.) 



•Am. Orn. I, pp. 79. 80, 1831. -Cuv. Kig. An. (ed. '»), i, 326, 1829. Biiteo atcr, 



ViElLL. Nouv. Diet. Nut. Hist. IV, 482, 1866; Enc. Metli. Ill, 1227. 



a. Xormol /ihnnuge. 

 Sp. Char. Adult male (43,073, Fort Resolution, June ; J. Lockhart). Ground-color 

 of the upper parts dull umber-eineroous, this more rufous on the .^boulders, and dull white 

 on nape, scapular.s, inner secondaries, and upper tail-coverts; rump entirely black, feath- 

 ers bordered with whitish. All the feathers above with central olilong or irregular spots 

 of black, this color predominating on top of head, and forming transver.se bands acro.ss 

 the wing-coverts and secondaries; upper tail-coverts pure white, each marked with an 

 exceedingly irregular transverse sjiot of black. Tail white on bas.al two thirds, and nar- 

 rowly, but sharply, tipped Avitli the same; subtermi.ial portion pale mottled cinereous, 

 ■with a very broad zone of black next tiie terminal white, and anterior to this tlire<; nar- 

 rower and more irregular bands of the .same. Primaries blackish-cinereous, with obsolete 

 darker bands. Ground-color of head and lower paits .lull whit<' ; eheeks tliickly streaked 

 with black; ear-coverts an<l throat more spar.sely streaked ; forehead and sub-orbital re- 

 gion plain whitish. Breast with larg(>, longitudinal but very irregular, oblong spots of 

 dark brown, these largest and somewhat confluent laterally ; lower part of Im-ast with 

 much less numerous and less longitudinal spots; tibiae strongly tinged with nistv, and 

 with tarsus, abdomen, crissum, and Hanks having irregular transverse spots of blacki.sh- 

 brown ; lower tail-coverts imvariegafed. Lining of wing white, with numerous spots of 

 blac^k, these becoming more nisty towards the axillars ; a large space of continuous clear 

 black, covering the under primary coverts and the coverts immeiliately anterior ; under 

 surface ol primaries and secondaries pure white, the fcrmer becoming lilack at end.s, the 

 latter ashy; no bars, except toward shaft.s. of the latter. Fourth quill longest; third 



