286 HAWKS 



rapid wing-beats, seldom sailing. Captures 

 its prey, ducks and other birds, on the wing. 

 Eggs, 3-4, creamy white, very thickl^^ mot- 

 tled with dark-brown. Not very common. 



284. PIGEON HAWK. 



Smaller, 11; form of last but appear- 

 ing black above; white beneath, heavily 



Fio-. 225 



Pi|2ceon Hawk. l-d. 



streaked with dark brown; tail, with four 

 light bands, one of which is at tip, fig. 225; 

 wings banded on innner webs with white; 

 conspicuous in flight. Female, and young, 

 more reddish below. Flight as in last. 

 Breeds from northern border of U. S. north- 



