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Gymnogyps californianus. California Vulture. This species is recorded on the 
authority of Mr. Jesse Millikan who mentions the capture of a specimen on the 
South Fork of the American River in the fall of 1854. {cf. The Condor II, p 12.) 
Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. Observed occasionally circling about the 
canyons at Fyffe, especially at a spot where a forest lire had destroyed a large 
growth of timber. 
Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Observed several times near Fyffe 
flying about in and above the fir timber, where it undoubtedly nests. 
[Common about Pyramid Peak, especially in the late summer when a migra- 
tion seems to be in progress. Have seen it frequently each year usually in dense 
fir timber, but have never found its nest or collected the young. — W. \V. P.] 
Accipiter cooperi. Cooper Hawk. On June 10, 1899 Mr. Carriger and I ob- 
served a hawk which we identified as this species eating a bird in a grove of pines 
five miles from Placerville. 
[In the summer of 1897, about July 10, on Silver Creek 
at the base of Pyramid Peak I collected four young just able to fly. 
The nest was not found, but was undoubtedly in the dense fir timber in the im- 
mediate vicinity. At Olen Alpine this species is seen almost any day about Fily 
Fake, where dense thickets of fir and aspen make a favorite retreat. — W. \V. P.] 
Accipiter atricapillus striatulus. Western Goshawk. 
[A pair of these birds had their nest somewhere is the dense timber on Silver 
Creek on the west of Pyramid Peak, in June and July 1897. 1 saw the pair seve- 
ral times near enough ior positive identification, but they were always extremely 
wary, and when disturbed from their retreat would circle about with wild cries. 
In July 1.898 presumably the same pair were observed, and although we .searched 
the woods diligently could not find the nest or the young. I am reasonably posi- 
tive 1 saw a goshawk in the heavy pine and aspen timber at Glen Alpine, July 
3, 1901.— W. W. P.] 
Buteo borealis calurus. Western Redtail. This species was noted occasion- 
ally at Fyffe and once near Georgetown Junction, but will probably be found to 
be fairly common upon investigation. One bird was seen jrerched on a tall burnt 
pine in a district which had previously been swept by a forest fire, but it was 
ver}' wary, changing its position quickly when one approached. The other was 
also in an. open district and allowed me to approach to the base of the giant pine 
on which it had settled, Thisspecies doubtless nests in the large conifers, most of 
which would offer perfect security from human molestation. 
[Common everywhere in the woods. I have noted it almost every da}’ about 
my camps on Silver Creek and on Mt. Tallac. Several specimens have been shot 
each season. — W. W. P.] 
Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. We observed a single bird Hying about 
the summit of Pyramid Peak in 1900. Mr. Pratt of the Sugar Foaf Hotel showed 
me a pair of wings of this species which he had saved from a bird shot in the fall 
of 1900. It is said to nest regularly in the high, rugged cliffs at Echo. 
[A pair of these birds have tlieir nest on the craggy western face of Pyramid. 
Peak. The nest is on a ledge about 500 feet from the summit and inaccessible 
On the night of July 27, 1899, which I spent on the summit, a pair of eagles flew 
close to our campfire as if attracted by the unusual .sight. They pa.ssed severaj 
times within a few feet of us. Plagles are seen almost every day at Glen Alpine 
and they nest both on the cliff in the canyon and on the cliffs on Mt. Tallac. — W. 
W. P.] 
