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Circus hudsonius. Marsh Hawk. Not common resident and migrant; seen in Fer- 
nan alder swamp and at meadows, Lake Coeur d’Alene. 
Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Fairly common summer resident, remain- 
ing late in fall. A pair noted May 10, probably nested in dense fir timber on Fernan 
Ridge. Nest with five eggs on Tubbs Hill, June 15; young hatched during first week in 
July. Young taken in dense haw thicket on Fernan Creek, December 2. 
*Buteo borealis calurus. Western Red-tailed Hawk. Rare summer resident, a few 
pairs breeding in tall pines on the mountain sides. One specimen taken at Cougar Gulch, 
March 14, 1913. Food contents, small snake; from color of bits of skin judged it to be 
the common water snake. 
Buteo swainsoni. Swainson Hawk. Rare. Three young specimens examined in 
September, 1913. 
Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. Rough-legged Hawk. Several seen along St. 
Fig. 48. View showing general features of the mountainous country around Coeur| 
d’Alene, Idaho; ridge in foreground, altitude 4859 feet, was swept by fire in 1910; 
GROWTH OF BLUEBERRY ON RIGHT-HAND, NORTH-FACING, SLOPE 
Joe River late in fall. One specimen examined, taken along St. Joe River, December 
20, 1912. 
Haliaeetus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. Rare resident. A few young seen in fall, 
but no adults for several years. 
Falco mexicanus. Prairie Falcon. Rare. One specimen examined, taken Novem- 
ber 6, 1912. (Recorded in Condor, xv, p. 41.) 
*Falco columbarius columbarius. Pigeon Hawk. Rare. One specimen ’examined, 
taken at Echo Bay, Lake Coeur d’Alene. 
Falco sparverius phaloena. Desert Sparrow Hawk. Fairly common summer resi- 
dent in timber along edge of prairie, west and north of the city. 
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis. American Osprey. Not common summer resident, 
along rivers and lakes, nesting in tall cottonwoods. 
Asio wilsonianus. Long-eared Owl. One specimen taken in dense fir near edge of 
swamp at meadows, Lake Coeur d’Alene, September 13, 1913. 
