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of young in a single season. A nest with two young birds wa.^ 

 seen as late as September 25, 1911. 



*Cathartes aura septentrionalis- Turkey Vulture. Numerous 

 in spring and summer, a few remaining during the winter. Fifty 

 counted August 27, 1922. 



Circus hudsonius: Marsh hawk. Resident. 



'^Accipiter velox: Sharp-shinned Hawk. Common year around 

 resident. Nest and eggs taken July 1, 1909 on Marselus Bros, ranch. 



*Accipiter cooperl: Cooper's bav/k. Resident. Nest and eggs 

 taken on C. F. Rowan ranch June 30, 1913. 



*Buto borcaUs cahirus: Western Red-tailed Hawk. Year 

 around resident. Not numerous. Said to breed here. 



*Buteo swainsoni: Swainson's Hawk. Resident. Not numer- 

 ous. Nest and eggs taken June 27, 1910, on Marselus Bros, ranch. 



Archibuteo ferruginens : Ferruginous Rough-leg or Squirrel 

 Hawk. Resident. 



*Aquila chrysaetos : Golden Eagle. Rare year around resident. 

 One seen at Kenton, September 24, 1922; one taken August 6, 1917 

 on Stonebreaker Zea ranch. 



^Haliaeetits Icucocephalus leucocephalus: Bald Eagle. Rare; 

 were once year around residents. One taken in a trap near Kenton 

 January 15, 1923 ; it had a wing spread of seven feet. 



*FaIco mexicanus : Prairie Falcon. Year around resident, not 

 numerous. Two nests and two pair of falcons seen June 2, 1914 ; 

 the nests were on the side of the "Black Mesa" and could not 

 be reached. 



^Falco sparverius phalaena : Desert Sparrow Hawk. Year 

 around resident; not numerous. One observed in Kenton, Dec. 12, 

 1922, chasing some English Sparrows. 



*Asio wilsonianus: American Long-eared Owl. Year around 

 resident; not numerous. A nest and eggs seen June 14, 1913 on 

 C. F. Rowan ranch. 



*Bubo virgiiiianiis . pallescens : Western Horned Owl. Year 

 around resident. Nest and eggs seen May 30, 1912 on Marselus 

 Bros, ranch. 



*Spcolyto cuniciilaria hypoqaca : Burrowing Owl. Resi- 

 dent; once numerous in prairie dog towns but are less numer- 

 ous since the prairie dog eradication campaign. 



*Geococcyx calif ornianus: Road-runner or Chaparral. Year 

 around resident, numerous. One was observed killing a rattle 

 snake eisl^tccii inches in length, July 1, 1911. He pecked and 

 tossed the snake until it died. No nests observed. 



*Coccyzus americanus americanus : Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 



