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ants. Usually the grouse were found singly or in bunches of two or 
three in the forest. When disturbed they generally flew up into the 
tall Shasta firs, where, instead of remaining motionless like many 
grouse, they walked about among the branches, stepping deliberately 
from limb to limb, but keeping on the opposite side from the enemy, so 
that it was almost impossible to see them. 
The old males were sometimes found high up on the lava ridges 
among dwarf Pinus albicaulis, 1,000 feet or more above the continuous 
forest. When flushed they usually spread their wings and soared down 
the steep mountain side until lost from sight in the forest below. The 
‘hooting’ or ‘booming’ of the old males, so often heard in the northern 
Cascades, was not heard by any of our party on Shasta. 
19. Zenaidura macroura. Mourning Dove. 
Fairly common at Sisson. In Shasta Valley W. H. Osgood found 
them abundant September 17-20. 
[The band-tail pigeon (Columba /asciata) was not observed in the 
region by my party, but in the fall and winter of 1883 C. H. Townsend 
found it abundant in the foothills of the lower McCloud Miver, ‘ gather- 
ing in the pine trees on the higher ridges in immense flocks.” | 
20, Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. 
One or two seen at Wagon Camp and between Wagon Camp and 
Sisson in July; one seen by Walter K. Fisher at timberline, east of 
Mud Creek Canyon, about the end of July. At Sisson and in Shasta 
Valley they were more common. 
21. Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. 
Seen at Sisson the middle of July (F. A. M.) and end of August 
(C. H.M.). Seen in Shasta Valley September 17-20 (W. IT. Osgood). 
22. Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinuned Hawk. 
Rather rare. One shot near Squaw Creek Camp August 10 by Ver- 
non Bailey; one seen on Mud Creek in August, and several in Shasta 
Valley by W. H. Osgood September 17-20. C. H. Townsend shot one 
at timberline on Shasta September 7, 1883. 
23. Accipiter cooperi. Cooper Hawk. 
Rather rare. One killed above timberline (alt. 9,400 feet) above the 
head of Squaw Creek August 21 by RK. T. Fisher. In September 1883, 
C. H. Townsend shot one near timberline on Shasta. 
»4, Accipiter atricapillus striatulus. Western Goshawk. 
One visited our camp at Squaw Creek August 28. It was shot at 
but not secured. July 28, 1883, C. H. Townsend shot two young gos- 
hawks near timberline on Shasta. 
