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HAWKS 



306. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. 



Large, 21, six to eight white tail bands; 



white beneath, band of spots on breast and 



Fi*r 231 broad band on abdomen, black, 



fig. 231. Then is also a black 



phase with intermediates, but the 



basal three -fourths of tail, seen 



from below, is always white. 



Breeds throughout N. A. north 



of the U. S.; winters from N. E. 



south to N. C. from Nov. to April. 



Legs ver3' short and thus the 



bird sits low. Flight, heavy 



with slow wing-beats. 



307. FERRUGINOUS HAWK. 



Size of last; differs in being more 

 reddish above; beneath, white unmarked; 

 tail, nearly white; from this varies into a 

 nearly black phase. Western N. A. west 

 to the plains; casual in 111. 



308. GOLDEN EAGLE. 



Large, 35; dark- brown throughout; 

 bill, brown; feet, yellow; tarsus feathered to 



Rou^h- 



legged 



Hawk. 1-8 



