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 BLACK WARRIOR. 



FaLCO HAB.LANI. 



PLATE LXXXIV. Vol. I. p. 441. 



Although this species was looked upon as doubtful by those who 

 had not seen it, and even by the Prince of Musignano, until his recent 

 visit to London, when I shewed to him and the Messrs Geay the spe- 

 cimen which I presented to the British Museum, it seems to be now 

 fairly established. These gentlemen admitted it to have no connection 

 with the bird called by Wilson Falco niger, to which it was imagined 

 by Sir William Jaedine to be allied, and to be distinct from any 

 known to them. Of the two specimens which I gave to the British 

 Museum, there is now only one to be found, and even of it the sex has 

 not been marked. It is however valuable, inasmuch as I am not 

 aware of the existence of any other. 



RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. Falco lineatus, G^^u 



PLATE LVI. Vol. L p. 296. Adult Male and Female. 



WINTER HAWK. Falco hfemalis, Gmel. 



PLATE LXXI. Vol. I. p. 364. Young in Wintee. 



It is now pretty well ascertained that this species does not proceed 

 farther north than the lines of the United States, as it is not mentioned 

 in the Fauna Boreali- Americana, nor was met with by myself in Labra- 

 dor or Newfoundland. On the other hand, it is very abundant in the 

 Texas. Dr Thomas M. Brewek informs me that a few birds of this 

 species breed in Massachusetts, and that he found a nest in Roxbury, 

 at a short distance from Boston, The eggs measure 2 inches and one- 

 eighth in length, one inch and five-eighths in breadth. Dr Trudeau 

 states that he found a nest with eggs in the State of New York, near 

 Cape St Vincent, " It was placed upon a very high sugar maple, and 



