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roi Buteo lineatus lineatus. 



RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. 



By far our most common hawk. Breeding plentifully. Mr. 

 W. J. B. Williams of Holland Patent took a set of five eggs in 

 1898, a most uncommon number. 



102. Buteo platypterus. 



BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 



One of the most common hawks in the West Canada Creek 

 Valley in summer. A not common summer resident else- 

 where. Breeds. Several nests taken in New Hartford. 



103. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. 



ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. 



A not uncommon migrant. 



104. Aquila chrysaetos. 



GOLDEN EAGLE. 



A fine specimen of this magnificent bird was shot near 

 Frankfort, Herkimer County, October 23, 1885. Another was 

 wounded, captured and kept alive at Clinton early in May, 

 1896. 



105. Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus. 



BALD EAGLE. 



A common resident on Oneida Lake. Mr. A. A. Beardsley 

 of Constantia writes me in 1910: "We have a pair of Eagles 

 that lives and nests within tvyo thousand feet of our depot, 

 and they live here the year around. I saw them several times 

 this winter. They live within five hundred feet of Carter's 

 farm." Speaking of the Eagle's nest which I had seen from 

 the lake he says : "Eagles have nested there since I was a boy. 

 I can remember that tree for forty years. Several years a'go, 

 when I used to fish through the ice, the Eagles used to come 



