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ZOOLOGY— BIRDS. 



1874, 07, 91, 137.— Allen, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., June, 1874, 16, 34.— 

 Coues, Birds Northwest, 1874, 349. — Bd., Brew., & Ridg., N. A. Birds, 

 iii, 1874, 349. 



Fulco (Tinnunculus) sparverius, Coues, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci, Phila., 18CC, 42 (Fort 

 Whipple, Ariz.). 



Tinnunculus sparverius, Woodh., Sitgreave's Exp. Zufii & Col. Riv.,lS54, 60. — News., 

 P. R. R. Rep., vi, 1S57, 74.— Bd., U. S. & Mex. Bound. Surv., li, pt. ii, 1857, 

 12.— Xantus, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 190 (Fort Tejon, Cal.).— 

 Bd., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1859, 302 (Cape Saint Lucas).— Ken- 

 nerly, P. R, R. Rep., Whipple's Route, 1859, 19.— Heerm., P. R. R. Rep., 

 x. pt. iv, 1859, 31.— Uayd., Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, xii, 1802, 152.— Stev., U. 

 S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1870, 462.— Snow, Birds Kan., 1872, 3.— Merriam, 

 IT. S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 1872, 096. 



This little falcon is the most numerous of all his tribe throughout the 

 West, and ranges over the country at will, from the plains up along the 

 mountains to an altitude of 10,000 feet, below which it is common. In 

 summer, its mode of nesting, in the hollows of trees, confines it to the 

 vicinity of timber, and on the lowlands it is never found far away from 

 the streams, where it finds opportunities for nidification, and an abundant 

 supply of game in the shape of the small insectivorous birds ; but more 

 especially does its food consist of the various kinds of coleopterous insects 

 and grasshoppers, of which it destroys multitudes. In fact, this last item 

 is the most important one of all, and where these insects are abundant I have 

 never seen them have recourse to any other kind of food. 



No. 



Sex. 



Locality. 



Date. 



Collector. 



Wing. 



Tail. 



Bill. 



Tarsus. 



97 

 26S 



290 



34 

 184 



4 

 5S6 



73 



1 



75S 



959 



1065 



1069 



9jun. 

 3 ad. 

 9 ad. 

 3 ad. 



3 ad. 

 3 ad. 

 9 ad. 

 3 ad. 

 3 ad. 

 9jun. 

 9 ad. 

 9 ad. 

 3 ad. 

 9 ad. 

 <?jun. 





Sept. 8, 1871 

 Oct. 30, 1871 

 Aug. 16, 1S72 

 Sept. 22, 1S72 



Sept. 24, 1S72 

 May 9, 1873 

 May 28, 1873 

 Aug. — , 1S73 

 Aug. 4, 1873 

 Sept. 13, 1S73 

 July 23, 1S74 

 Sept. 19, 1874 

 Oct. 3, 1874 

 Oct. 24, 1874 

 Oct. 26, 1874 



F. Bischoff 











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Wahsatch Mts., Utah.. 



H. W. Henshaw 











Dr. H. C. Yarrow and 

 H. W. Henshaw. 

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II. W. Henshaw 



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7.67 



7-77 

 7. 20 



7. 22 



7-44 



5.05 

 5-3S 

 5- '3 

 5-^3 

 5-55 



0.50 

 0.47 

 0.45 

 0.45 

 0.50 



1-37 

 1.50 

 1.42 



1-45 

 1.40 



Fort Garland, Colo 



Twin Lakes, Colo 



Camp Apache, Ariz ... 

 ... do 



Dr. J. T. Rothrock 



II. W. Henshaw 



M. N. Magnet 



C. E. Aiken 





Mount Graham, Ariz.. 



Gila River, Ariz 



Camp Apache, Ariz . . . 

 do 



II. W. Henshaw 



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