APPENDIX II. — AUGHEY ON LOCUST-FEEDING BIKDS. [45] 



Falco sparverius, Linn. 



Sjparrow Hawlc. 



Very abundant in Nebraska, and breeds here. It is questionable whether this hawk 

 should be preserved or destroyed, as the following dissections make this uncertain : 



Locality. 



Dixon County, Nebraska.. 

 Dakota County, Nebraska. 



do 



do 



do 



Cedar County, Nebraska 



Pierce County, Nebraska 



Sarpy Countj', Nebraska 



-do 



Lancaster County, Nebraska. 



Date. 



July —,1865 

 do 



June—, 1866 

 July —,1866 

 Aug.—, 1867 

 do 



July —,1869 

 Sept.— ,1871 

 June—, 1872 

 Sept.— ,1873 



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5 



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8 



27 



Mouse. 





38 



Gopher. 



Quail. 



Gopher. 



Kabbit. 



Mice. 



Gopher. 



Mice. 



Bird. 



Progs. 





29 





34 





22 



47 



41 





37 



43 

 40 









BuTEO BOREALis, (Gm.) VieiU. 

 Bed-tailed Buzzard ; Hen HawTc. 



Common in Nebraska. The single one that I examined in July, 1870, at Dakota 

 City, had 37 insects and a quail in its stomach. 



BUTEO SWATNSONI, Bp. 



Swainson's Buzzard. 



Eather abundant in the State in the vicinity of streams of water where timber ex- 

 ists. I doubt whether they often capture birds. The following examinations of speci- 

 mens indicate this : 



1 



3 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 



Locality. 



Date. 



11 



O M 



1 



Other food. 



Cedar County, Nebraska 



Aug.— ,1867 

 do 



68 

 61 





Gopher. 

 Gopher. 

 Rabbit. 

 Gopher and mouse. 



do 





Dakota County, Nebraska 



July— ,1868 

 Sept. —,1872 



58 

 65 



Sarpy County, Nebraska 









Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis, (Gm.) Ridgw. 

 American Bough-legged HaivTc. 



Rare in Southern Nebraska. The only specimen that T examined was sent to me 

 from Beatrice in September, 1873. It had in its stomach 70 insects, parts of a lizard, 

 and a gopher. 



Archibuteo ferrugineus, (Licht.) Gray. 



Ferrugineous Buzzard, or California Squirrel HaivJc. 



I have seen but one of these hawks in Nebraska. This was near Ogalalla, in the 

 Platte Valley, in June, 1874. I failed to secure it. I place it in the list of locust-eat- 

 ing birds because of the known characters of its congeners. 



The golden and the bald eagle are both occasionally seen in Nebraska, especially the 

 latter. The former I have twice seen on the Republican, and the latter frequently 

 along the Missouri. Some herdsmen that I met near the Forks of the Republican 

 claimed that they had seen the golden eagle catching locusts while they were flying, 

 in September, 1876. I know nothing of this, and give this report for what it may be 

 worth. 



