Ferruginous Rough-Leg at Los Angeles
Journal
Condor
Volume
16
Issue
3 (May-June)
Year
1914
Pages
145
Section
From Field and Study
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Ferruginous Rough-Leg at Los Angeles
On investigating the reason for several gunshots heard within one hundred and fifty yards of the La Brea fossil pits, on December 8, last, I secured a beautiful specimen of the Ferruginous Rough-leg (Archibuteo ferrugineus) that had just been killed by a rancher whose poultry it was threatening. It proved to be a female of the year and in perfect plumage. Its craw was entirely empty, which probably explains the boldness of the bird in invading a locality bristling with oil derricks and with the noise of pumping engines all about. The rancher told me later that there was a pair of the hawks, but the other vanished when this one was killed.
L. E. WYMAN
Museum of History, Science, and Art, Los Angeles, California.
