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Accipiter atricapillus striatulus. Goshawk. 



No specimens of this handsome and daring hawk were taken by any 

 member of the expedition. Mr. Nelson stated that a hawk flew over his 

 camp at Lone Pine, Owens Valley, in December, 1890, which he thought 

 belonged to this species, and Mr. Bailey is quite certain he saw an in- 

 dividual among the sequoias on Kaweah Eiver, and another at Soda 

 Springs, or Kern Eiver Lakes. 



Buteo borealis calurus. Western Rod-tail. 



The western red-tail was observed at most localities visited by mem- 

 bers of the expedition in California, Nevada, and Utah. It was seen 

 on the Mohave Desert near Victor, early in January, several were ob- 

 served in Death Valley between Bennett Wells and Saratoga Springs 

 about the 1st of February, and one at the former place in Death Valley, 

 on June 21. 



Attesting Springs, California, a fine specimen was secured, and others 

 seen early in February. In Nevada' it was noted at Ash Meadows, in 

 Pahrump Valley, in Vegas Wash, at the Bend of the Colorado, at Pah- 

 roc Spring, in Pahranagat Valley, iu Oasis Valley; at Mount Magruder, 

 and on the Charleston and Grapevine mountains. On iMount Magruder 

 one was shot by Dr. Merriam as it swooped to pick up a wounded dove, 

 June 7, and another at the mouth of Beaverdam Creek, Arizona,. May 

 9. The stomach of the latter contained a ground squirrel (SpermopMlus 

 tereticaudus). Several were seen in the Santa Clara Valley, Utah, about 

 the middle of May. 



In the Panamint Mountains, California, Dr. Merriam observed it in 

 Emigrant Canon about the middle of April, and Mr. Bailey and the 

 writer saw one soaring over the summit of Telescope Peak on June 23 

 and later in the day the former observer killed one near the i char- 

 coal kilns.' Its stoYnach contained one pocket gopher (Thomomys), two 

 large lizards (Cnemidophorus tigris and Sauromalus (iter), five grasshop- 

 pers, and one sand cricket ( Stenopalmatus). In the northern part of the 

 same mountains Mr. Nelson noted a few, and also in the White and 

 Inyo mountains from the upper limit of the pines down to the valleys. 

 In the Argus Eange individuals were seen at Shepherd Canon and 

 Maturango Spring; and near the road to Lookout Mountain an adult 

 was seen on June 25, beating back and forth over the rocky hillside, 

 evidently hunting for the large lizards known as 'chuck-wallas' (Sau- 

 romalus ater), which were common in the locality. 



It was observed in the Coso Mountains, and in Owens Valley it was 

 found at a number of places, both in winter and summer. It was seen 

 at Old Fort Tejon, Walker Pass, Walker Basin, South Fork of Kern 

 Eiver, and in the High Sierra at Sequoia National Park, Horse Corral, 

 Cottonwood, and Whitney meadows, and Bound Valley. 



In the San Joaquin Valley it was observed at Bakersfield and Visalia. 

 Mr. Bailey saw it at Monterey, and Mr. Stephens at Eeche Canon near 

 San Bernardino. Mr. Nelson saw it everywhere about the Tehachapi 



