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198 (349) Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus) 
GOLDEN EAGLE 
Synonyms—Aquila canadensis; Aquila chrysaetos canadensis; Ring-tailed 
Eagle; American Golden Eagle. 
Status—Common resident locally in the mountains and valleys of the coast 
district, chiefly south of San Francisco Bay, and south throughout the San 
Diegan district; also fairly common in the Sierra Nevada, and along the north- 
ern inner coast ranges; but rare or wanting east of the Sierran divide, and in 
the humid coast belt north of Marin County. 
199 (352) Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus (Linnaeus) 
SouTHERN Bap EAGLE 
Synonyms—F'alco leucocephalus ; White-headed Eagle. 
Status—Common resident among the islands of the Santa Barbara group; 
resident sparingly along the mainland seacoast at various points south to Orange 
County (J. Grinnell, Bds. Los Angeles Co., 1898, p. 22), and interiorly in the 
northern half of the state, even northeast of the Sierras: Eagle Lake (Henshaw, 
Rep. Wheeler Surv., 1879, p. 315; Sheldon, Condor, 1x, 1907, p. 187). Recorded 
casually south to San Diego (Belding, Land Bds. Pace. Dist., 1890, p. 40), Nevada 
City (Nelson, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xvu, 1875, p. 363), and, formerly, along 
the San Joaquin and Sacramento rivers (Newberry Pac. R. R. Rep., vi, 1857, p. 
75). Said to have nested at Sacramento (Heermann, Pac. R. R. Rep., x, 1859, p. 
30), in Santa Clara County (J. G. Cooper, Pac. R. R. Rep., xm, 1860, p. 152), 
and at Elsinore Lake, Riverside County (Heller, Condor, m1, 1901, p. 100). 
200 (355) Falco mexicanus Schlegel 
PRAIRIE FALCON 
Synonyms—Falco polyagrus; Falco lanarius; Falco lanarius polyagrus; 
Falco mexicanus var. polyagrus; Prairie Hawk. 
Status—Fairly common resident east and south of the humid coast belt, 
chiefly in the Lower and Upper Sonoran zones of the interior. Recorded as 
nesting west to Berkeley and Mount Diablo (Keeler, Zoe, 1, 1891, p. 169), and 
in Santa Clara County. Has occurred casually on the Farallon Islands (W. E. 
Bryant, Proc. Calif. Acad. Seci., 2nd ser., 1, 1888, p. 45), and interiorly north 
to the head of the Sacramento Valley (Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., x, 1887, 
p. 202), Shasta Valley, Siskiyou County (C. H. Merriam, N. Amer. Fauna no. 
16, 1899, p. 113), and Camp Bidwell, Modoe County (Henshaw, Rep. Wheeler 
Sury., 1879, p. 314). The metropolis of the species appears to be the southeast- 
ern deserts and the arid inner coast ranges west of the San Joaquin Valley. 
201 (356a) Falco peregrinus anatum Bonaparte 
Duck Hawk 
Synonyms—Falco anatum; Falco peregrinus; Falco nigriceps; Falco com- 
munis var. anatum; Falco communis var. naevius; Western Duck Hawk. 
