FALCO SPARVERIUS, SPAEEOW HAWK. 349 



This is the bird mentioned by Dr. Hayden, under name of columba- 

 rim, as abundant in the wooded bottoms of the Missouri region. One 

 of his specimens from the Vermilion Eiver served as the male type 

 of Mr. Ridgway's description ; another (No. 58983), taken by Sir. J. 

 Stevenson at Berthoud's Pass of the Eocl<y Mountains, in Colorado, 

 is the female type. The writer quotes a third, a young male, taken at 

 Fort Rice, Dakota, by General Alfred Sully. Prof. Snow records ■ it 

 among Kansas birds, on Professor Baird's authority; whether from 

 actual capture of specimens in the State, or upon the strength of its 

 known distribution, I am not informed. It is not unlikely that the pale, 

 ashy specimen noted by Dr. Cooper, as procured by him at Port Mojave, 

 Arizona, was an individual of this species. Dr. Richardson's bird was 

 an old female, killed at Carlton House, on the Saskatchewan, May 14, 

 1827, while flying with her mate ; " in the oviduct there were several 

 fnll-sized white eggs, clouded at one end with a few bronze-colored 

 spots." Another specimen is stated to have been killed at Sault St. 

 Marie, between Lakes Huron and Superior. What little information we 

 possess of the habits of the bird indicates nothing peculiar in com- 

 parison with those of F. columbarius. 



FALCO SPARVERIUS, Linn. 

 Sparrow Hawk. 



a. sparverius. 



Falco sparrerhis, Li>'x., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 128 (Ac. minoi; Gates., i, 5; JEsalon caroli- Jc''' 



nmsis, Bmss., i, S86, pi. 32, f. 1).— Gm., Syst. Nat. i, 1788, 284.— Lath., I. Orn. i, -* '' - 

 1790, 42.— Daud., Tr. Oru. ii, 1800, 142, pi. 12.— Shaw, Gen. Zool. vii, p], 26.— ■ L 

 WlLS., Am. Orn. ii, 1610, 117, pi. 16, f. 1 (?) ; iv, 57, pi, 32, f. 2 ( ^ ).— Steph., /T^ 

 Gen. Zool. xiii, Dt. ii, 38. — Cuv., E. A. 2d ed. i, 322. — James., ed. Wils. 'i,^IJ'Oa 

 56, 60.— Jaed., ed. Wils. i, 262; ii, 51.— Bhew., ed, Wils. 864.— Bp., Syn. 1828, " "^ ,*''' 

 27 ; Isis, 1832, 1136.— Wagl., Isis, 1831, 517.— Sw. & ElCH., F. B, A, ii, 1831, 31, 

 pi. 24.— Sw., Classif. B. Ii, 1837, 212.— Nutt., Man. i, 1832, 58,— AuD,, Orn. Biog. 

 ii, 1835, 246 ; v, 1839, 370 ; pi, 142 ; Syn, 1839, 17 ; B. Am, i, 1840, 90, 22,— 

 ViBll-L,, Ency, Meth. iii, 1234.— DeKay, N. Y. Zool. 1844, 16, pi, 7, f, 16,— 

 Maxim,, J. f, 0. vi, 1858, 15.— Cass,, B. N. A. 1858, 13.— Coop. & Suck., N. H. 

 Wash. Ter, 1860, 143.— Lokd, Pr. Roy, Artv. Inst, iv, 1864, 110.— Coop., B, Cal, 

 i, 1870, 462,— Allen, Bull, M. C. Z. iii, 1872, 180.— Hoijj., Pr. Bost. Soo. 1872, 

 207.— Codes, Key, 1872, 214, flg. 142 ; and of moat anthers. 



Falco (Tinrmnculus) sparverius of some authors. — ElDGW., Pr. Bost. Soc. 1873, 48. — B. B. 

 & E., N. a. B. iii, 1874, 169. 



Tinrmnculus sparverius, VlElLL,, Ois. Am, Sept, i, 1807, 40, pi, 12, — Grat, Gen. of B. — 

 Bp., Consp, 1, 1850, 27,— Woodh,, Sitgr. Eep. 1853, 60,— Cass,, 111, 1804, 92; Pr, 



A, N, S. 1855, 278,— Brew,, N, A, 061. 1857, 16.— Newb,, P. E. E. Eep. vi, 1H57, 

 74. — Kenn,, ibid, x, 1859, pt. iv, 19, — Heeem,, ibid. pt. vi, 31. — Hayd., Eep, 

 1862, 152,— CouBS, Pr. Phila. Acad, 1866, 42.— Aixen, Mem, Bost. Soc. i, 1868, 

 499.— Stev., U. S. Geol. Surv. Ter. 1870, 462.— Meee., ibid. 1872, 696.— Snow, 



B. Kans. 1873 ; and of many authors. 



Tmnmiculus {FaciJornis) sparverius, Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 23, No. 216. 

 Cei'clmeis sparverius, BoiE. — Bp,, Comp. List, 1838, 5, 

 Pacilornis sparverius, Kadp, Monog. Falc. Cont. Orn. 1850, 53. 



hands of deeper, more reddish-ochraceons. Bands of the tail, pure white. In other 

 respects exactly like the male. Wing, 9,00 ; tail, 6.10 ; culmeu, 0,55 ; tarsus, 1.40 ; 

 middle toe, 1.50. 



" Young male : Differing from the adult only in degree. Upper surface with the rusty 

 borders of the feathers more washed over the general surface ; the rusty ochraceous 

 forming the ground-color of the head — paler anteriorly, where the black shaft-streaks 

 are very conspicuous ; spots on the primary coverts and primaries deep reddish ochra- 

 ceous; tail-bands broader than in the adult and more reddish; the terminal one twice 

 as broad as the rest (0.40 of an inch), and almost cream color. Beneath, pale ochrace- 

 ous, this deepest on the breast and sides ; markings as in the adult, but anal region 

 and lower taii-coverts immaculate; the shaft-streaks on the tibiaj, also, scarcely dis- 

 cernible. Wing, 7.00 ; tail, 4.60. 



