426 REED-WRIGHT— THE VERTEBRATES OF [October i. 



205 (337). Buteo borealis (Gmelin). Red-tailed hawk. 

 Common resident species. 



206 (339). Buteo lineatus (Gmelin). Red-shouldered hawk. 

 Common resident species and more common in winter than the 



preceding species. The earliest nesting date recorded is April 26, 

 1905. 



207 (343). Buteo platypterus (Vieillot). Broad-winged hawk. 

 Uncommon summer resident. The earliest spring record, March 



16, 1906. 



208 (347a). Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gmelin). Rough- 

 legged hawk. 



Regular but not common winter visitant from Jan. i to April i. 



209 (352). Haliaetus leucocephalus (Linnaeus). Bald eagle. 



Not common permanent resident. It is more frequently seen in 

 the spring and fall. It bred formerly near Crowbar point and still 

 breeds in the vicinity of Union Springs. 



56a. Family Falconid^e. The Falcons. 



210 (356). Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonaparte). Duck hawk. 

 Rare transient during spring and fall. 



211 (357). Falco columbarius Linnaeus. Pigeon hawk. 

 Uncommon transient. 



212 (360). Falco sparverius Linnaeus. Sparrow hawk. 

 Common summer resident from March 15 to November 15 and 



occasionally taken in winter. 



56^. Family Pandionid^. The Fish Hawks. 



213 (364). Pandion haliaetus carolinensis (Gmelin). Osprey. 

 Common transient during May and October. Several are seen 



every year during the summer months but we have no evidence that 

 they nest within the basin. The average date of spring arrival is 

 April 12, the earliest, April 5, 1901, 1902 and 1906. Migrants begin 

 to arrive in the fall about September 20. They are common from 

 the last of September to the middle of October. The latest fall 

 record is a female killed October 25, 1899. 



