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FALCO FEMORALIS, Temm. 

 Aplomado Falcon. 



Falco femoralis, Bd., Birds N. A., ii, 1858, pi. 1. — Bd., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Saw., ii, 

 pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 3.— Coopee, Birds Cal,, 1870, 401.— Coues, Key N. A. 

 Birds, 1872, 215.— Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1S73, Wheeler's Exped., 

 1874, 137. 



EypotriorcMs femoralis, Heekm., P. R. R. Rep., Parke's Route, x, 1859, 9, pi. 1. 



Falco {EypotriorcMs) femoralis, Cotjes, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pbila., I860, 43. 



Falco (Rhynchofalco) femoralis, Bd., Brew., & Ridg., N. A. Birds, iii, 1874, 155. 



A hawk was seen in a mountainous locality near Camp Bowie, South- 

 eastern Arizona, which was without doubt this species. It was about the 

 size of a Cooper's Hawk, and, as it passed rapidly by within fair shooting 

 distance, the black band across the abdomen was very conspicuous. It 

 has been taken twice on our southern border. 



In 1874, this hawk was seen, on four different occasions, at distant locali- 

 ties in Southeastern Arizona. It would thus appear to be not very rare in 

 this section. All the individuals noticed were among the timber of the 

 streams as they issued out on the plains ; and in such localities it doubtless 

 finds an abundance of small game, feathered and otherwise, which flock to 

 the very limited supply of water. They did not appear very shy, and I 

 had no difficulty in obtaining a shot in three instances, in two of which, how- 

 ever, the birds, though most grievously wounded, succeeded in flying so far 

 that I was compelled to give them up. Their flight is light, powerful, 

 and easy, and their whole organization classes them at once among the noble 

 birds of prey. 



FALCO SPARVERIUS, Linu. 



Sparrow Hawk. 



Falco sparterius, Linn., Syst. Nat., 1700, 12S. — Bd., Stans. Rep. Exp. Great Salt Lake, 

 1852, 325— Id., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., ii, pt. ii, 1859, Birds, 3.— Coop. 

 & Suckl., P. R. R. Rep., xii, pt. ii, 1800, 143.— Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. 

 Phila., 18GS, 82.— Henry, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 104 (New 

 Mexico).— Cooper, Birds Cal., i, 1870,402. — Allen, Bui. Mus. Coujp. Zool., 

 1872, 180.— Coues, Key N. A. Birds, 1872, 214, f. 142.— Hold., Proc. Bost. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., 1872, 207.- Yarrow, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1871, Wheeler's 

 Exped., 1874, 36.— Yarrow & Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1872, Wheeler's 

 Exped., 1874, 25.— Henshaw, Rep. Orn. Specs., 1873, Wheeler's Exped., 



