AVE.S. 99 



R A im)IlKS. FA LCON ES. 



FALCON I DAK. 



No. Anu'i-.. 1S«)."). p. I'.i!); A. K. Kislicr. Hawks aiul owls of U.S., 

 \S\yA, |)1. C. Ej;n, H(>ii(iire. 1S<>2. v..l. 1, pi. (i. tiir. 1. 

 ( )piii couiilrv and licavv wnods; lu'.st.s ill troes. 



Me. — ("oiiiiiioii wiiittT rr.sidcnt. less rominon summer resident. 

 Oct. 2(»-May; suininer. Kjlri"^- -^l"'' -•> M:iy. 



N. II. - lrre<;iilarly common winter resident; rare smnmer 

 resident .south to Alstead. 



Vt. — Irrcfxular winter visitor; rare summer resident .south to 

 Rutland, Mcndoii. K^'^'s, .\pril 2'] May 1. 



M.\.s.s. — Winter visitor, irrc;^ularly loininon; casual summer 

 vLsitor (Hoosa.- Mt.. \u^. lo, I'KM)). Oct. 4-Kei). 2(). 



R. I. — Irrcfiular winter visitor, .sometimes common. ( )ct. 27- 

 Feb. 14. 



Co.N'.N. — Irretjular winter visitor, .sometimes common; accidental 

 in late summer. (Aug. 24, 1S<,)3, West Haven) Oct. 2-winter. 



189. HiTKo nouKAi.i.s (Gmelin) \'icill(»t. 

 Red-tailed hawk or buzzard; Hen hawk. 



Cha|)man, Handh. birds east. .NO. .Xnur., IS'.)."), p. 200; .\. I\. 



Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 7. Fgj;, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. (i, figs. .5, (■>. 



Fdlco horealis Gmel., Syst. nat.. 1788, vol. 1, pi. 1. p. 2(10. "l.\ 



A.MEKItA HOKE.\I.I, POTIS.SIMIM ( " \K( (t.l.NA." 



Open country and forests; nests in large trees. 



Me. — Uncommon suinnitr resident, and in soiuhern counties 

 rare winter resiih-nt. Eggs. May (>-2fi. 



.\. 11. rnioiiMnon resident, wintering from White Mts. .south. 



\'r. — Inconunon resident. Hggs, .\pril 22. 



M.\.s,s. - rncommon migrant and winter resident; lare snninier 

 resident. Hggs, .\|)ril (> 27. 



R. I. — Uncommon winter, and rare simiiner resident. Nov. 30- 

 Mar. 2o; sununer. Fggs, .\pril .>-30. 



