Buteo Albicaudatus Sennetti Seen in San Francisco, California
Buteo albicaudatus sennetti seen in San Francisco, Cal.
While taking a walk in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Cal., on Nov. 7, 1905, a rather good-sized hawk, which had an unfamiliar look, attracted my attention as it circled around some little distance away. Fortunately it came close enough to be seen more distinctly, and to my great delight its size and general coloration appeared to answer in every particular to the description of the Sennett Whitetailed Hawk, and then as the sun shone on its tail as the bird wheeled and circled in the bright light there could no mistaking the black band across the white ground for anything else on earth. Dr. C. Hart Merriam saw one, last year I think he said, near Bakersfield, Cal., but this is the most northern record I know of for the coast.
JOSEPH MALLIARD
San Francisco, Cal.
