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1883, «an eagle came up through the fog that had gathered imme- 
diately below us and shared with us our rocky pinnacle above the 
clouds.” 
20. Faleo mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. 
Several seen and one shot in the south end of Shasta Valley, at the 
north base of the mountain, September 30, by W. H. Osgood, who 
thinks it probable that they breed on the cliffs at Sheep Rock. 
30. Faleo columbarius suckleyi. Black Merlin. 
At Wagon Camp, August 8, John H. Sage and I saw a small dark 
falcon, supposed to be Suckley’s merlin, fly into a Shasta fir, but we 
were unable to shoot it. 
31. Faleo sparverius. Sparrow awk. 
Common at timberline throughout the summer. Usually seen in the 
heather patches and among the white-bark pines, where they were 
Fig. 37.—Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverius).—Drawn by J. L. Ridgway. 
feeding on grasshoppers. Several were killed near timberline, east of 
Mud Creek Canyon, the latter part of July and early August, and one 
was recorded as high as 13,000 feet by Walter K. Fisher. On the west 
side of Mud Creek Canyon two were killed August 11 at an altitude of 
10,000 feet by Vernon Bailey. Their stomachs were distended with 
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