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346. Asturina plagiata Schlegel. [445. ] Mexican Gosliaivk. 



The Mexican Goshawk occurs regularly as far north as the southern 

 border of the United States, and occasionally up the Mississippi Valley 

 to southern Illinois. 



347a. Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis (Gniel. ). [447. ] American Bough-legged 

 Haivk. 



The whole army of these Hawks crosses our northern boundary twice 

 a year. During the winter they are distributed over most of the Missis- 

 sippi Valley, the exceptions being the extreme northern and extreme 

 southern portions. They are most numerous in the middle sections, 

 thinning out each way. At Elk Biver, Minn., all had passed south by 

 December 24, 1883. A little south of this point they remained all 

 winter. At Vermillion, Dak., ten were seen during a day's tramp in 

 January, 1884. At Mount Carmel, Mo., they were quite common all win- 

 ter on the prairies, the bulk leaving March 10, and the last on the 24th. 



In the fall of 1884 the first Bough-legged Hawk was seen at Mount 

 Carmel, Mo., November 7. It used to be abundant there during the 

 winter, but now is somewhat rare. 



In the spring of 1885 the last was seen at Mount Carmel March 15. 

 The first appeared at Oak Point, Manitoba, April 7, and they were 

 common there April 10. In the fall of 1885 they returned to Mount 

 Carmel November 10 j the next was seen November 12, and by Novem- 

 ber 20 they were in usual winter numbers. 



348. Archibuteo ferrugineus (Licht.). [448.] Ferruginous Rough-leg ; Ferruginous 



Buzzard. 



Chiefly a western species, a few coming east into the Mississippi 

 Valley. It is resident in western Kansas, where Dr. Watson says it is 

 tolerably common at Ellis every year. It has also been seen in western 

 Nebraska, and is abundant in western Texas in winter. It has been 

 seen once at Bock Island, 111., and has been found nesting at Vermil- 

 lion, Dak., and Grinnell, Iowa. 



Mr. Balmer writes from Paris, 111. : " On January 19, 1886, 1 had the 

 good fortune to capture what I consider a rare bird for this State, viz, 

 Archibuteo ferrugineus. He seems to have got a long way out of his lati- 

 tude. He came with a thaw, in a south wind, after our big, big blizzard. 

 I shot him out of a tree after dark, having marked him down for the 

 night. The bird is a male, and measured 53 inches in extent." 



349. Aquila chrysaetos (Linn.). [449.] Golden Eagle. 



In the western mountains this species comes far south in winter, even 

 to New Mexico and Arizona, but nearer the Mississippi it comes only 

 to Kansas. Some years ago one was taken in November at Fayette, in 

 central Missouri, but it is very rare so far south. Several were seen 

 and some captured in central and northern Iowa in the winter of 

 1883-'84, the last ones leaving from March 15 to 22. Most Golden 



