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[[underlined]] Buteo f. borealis [[/underlined]]. 

I was going down to the creek at noon after some water when I saw a large hawk at the base of an alfalfa stack, hop hastily behind a hummock. I slopped up on [[strikethrough]] him [[/strikethrough]] it expecting every instant to see [[strikethrough]] him [[/strikethrough]] it fly but on getting where I could see, saw it sprawled out on the ground with one foot caught in a wolf trap. The bird had been in several days, and had eaten part of a dead chicken which was left out for bait. I killed it and took it on in to camp.
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[[underlined]] Buteo b. harlam [[/underlined]].
A black Hawk of the 

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Red-tail group seen at the base of a hill I took to be this species. 

[[underlined]] Dryobatis p. medianus [[/underlined]]. 
Common as always in this locality and having the usual habits. I shot one, a female, in exceptionally fine fresh plumage.
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[[underlined]] Dryobatis v. villosus [[/underlined]]. 
A few seen and heard in the timber. Specimen taken by Rocklund. 

[[underlined]] Centurus carolinus [[/underlined]]. 
One seen in a clump of willows, rather an unusual locality but it had perhaps come down to feed in a cornfield. A Marsh Hawk made