100 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



RAPTORES. FALCONES. 



FALCON I DAE. 



Conn. — Uncommon niicjrant and winter resident; rare summer 

 resident. Sept.-Mar. ; summer. Eggs, Mar. 28-Ai)ril 2-i (INIay 25). 



190. BuTEO LiNEATUS (Gmelln) Vieillot. 



Red-shouldered hawk; Chicken hawk; Hen hawk; Winter 

 hawk. 



Chapman, Handb. birds east. Xo. Amer., 1895, p. 201; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 8. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1. pi. 7. fig. 1-5. 



Falco lineatm Gmel., Syst. nat., 1788, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 268. "in 



INSULA LONGA," XeW YoRK. 



open country and woods; nests in large trees. 



Me. — Uncommon summer resident. (Mar. 4) Mar. 20-Oct. 21. 

 Eggs, late A}:)ril-May 24. 



N. H. — Uncommon summer resident north to southern valleys 

 of White I\Its. Mar. 27-Xov. 



Vt. — Uncommon summer resident (? winters). Mar. 17-fall. 

 Eggs, April 22. 



■Mass. — Common migrant, less common summer and winter 

 resident. Eggs, April 3- June 6. 



R. I. — Uncommon resident. Eggs, x\pril 5-13. 



Conn. — Common migi-ant and winter resident, less common 

 summer resident. Eggs, April 5- June 1. 



191. BuTEO swainsoni Bonaparte. 



Swainson's hawk. 



Bonap., Geogr. and comparative list birds Europe and Xo. Amer., 

 1838, p. 3. Based on Audubon: "ne.\r the Columbia River." 

 Chapman, Handb. birds east. Xo. Amer., 1895, ]). 203; A. K. 

 Fisher, Hawks and owls of U. S., 1893, pi. 9. Egg, Bendire, 1892, 

 vol. 1, pi. 8, fig. 1-6. 



