172 nmDs of Illinois, 



which pursued it on ail oecaaions. It hud lieen seen to pounce 

 upon a fowl, kill it almost instantly, and afterward drag it along 

 the ground several hundred yards. It was not seen to prey on 

 hares or squii-rels, hut seemed to evince a marked preference for 

 poultry, partridges, and the smaller species of \vild duck. He saw 

 none of the young, hut was told that they appeared to he of a 

 leaden gray color at a distance, and at the approach of winter i)e- 

 came as dark as their parents." (Hist. X. Am. li. Vol. III., \\\^. 

 294, 2ft;'5.) 



A fine adult male of this rare species was taken by Mr. Chas. 

 K. Worthen, near Warsaw, Hancock county, in March, 1871>. "Two 

 of them were seen at the time, flying up the Mississippi river, 

 apparently following the flight of water-fowl which were then com- 

 ing north in great numbers." 



Buteo lineatus (Gmel.) 



RED SHOULDERED HAWK. 



Popular synonyms. Hen Hawk: C'liickuu Hawk. 



Falro liiienhis CijiEL. S. N. i. 17SK, 2«S.— Wn,s. Am. Orn. i. 1808. pi. 53, He. 3.— AuD. Orn. 



Bloc i, isn, iW. . 



Jliitro lineatus Jahd. WC— .\ud. Syiiop. 1839. 7.— Cass, in BainVs B. N. Am. 1858. 28.— 



Baird, Cat. N. Am. B. 1850. No. 25.-CoUES. Key. 187l>, HIT; Cli.x-k List. 1874. No. XH: 



2a od. l»a. No. .'.20: B. N. W. 1874. .W.-B. B. & R. Hist. N. Am. B. iii. 1874. 275 (var. 



/iiipo(ii.i).-RrDow. Nom. N. Am. B. 1881. No. -139. 

 Falco hulenidea Ndtt. Man. i. 1832,100. 



Has. Eustern North America, from the British Provinces to Florida, and west to the 

 Groat Plains; Texas and eastern Mexico to Orizaba. iKepresented in California and 

 western Mexico by li. liiiealiis elegaiis.) Accidental in Scotland. 



Sp. Char. Adult male (No. 32.500. Wa.shinRtou, D. C January). Head, neck, and In- 

 terscapulars deep rufous (above becominc darker posteriorly), each feather with a 

 median stripe of lilackish brown. Throat ami cheeks almo.st destitute of rufous tinco, 

 lhct;round lieiuK ilull white,— the dusky forminK an indl.stiuct "mustache," anil an 

 imiierfiH't. obsolete collar (formed by conllucnt. or sutTused streaks! across the throat. 

 Breast, sides, abdomen, and tibin- rather licht rufous, beeominK paler posteriorly: breast 

 with shaft-streaks of blackish; the rufous of sides of l>reast almost unvaried: abdomen, 

 sides, and middle of the breast, withtransver.se barsot ochrueeous white; tibin? uniform 

 pale oehraeeous: anal region and lower tail-coverts, inimneulnte white. Lesser wlng- 

 eoverts chestnut rufous, feathers with bhick shaft streaks, these beeominc larcer pos- 

 teriorly: scapuhirs and middle winK-covcrls edeed broadly with rufous, and imlistinctly 

 spotted on inner webs with white— this somewhat exposed: secondaries dark clear brown. 

 tipTied and crossed with two (exposed) bands of white: primaries black. fadiuKal tips In- 

 to dilute crayish brown, and with qua<lrate spots of wliite on outer webs. Uump uni- 

 form blackish brown; upper tiiil-coverts tipped and banded with black. Tailclearbrown- 

 ish black, crossed with six sharply defined narrow bands of while, the la.st of which is 

 terminal, and the first two concealed by the upper coverts. Lining of the winu nearly 

 uniform pale rufous, with very sparse, deeper rufous, somewhat transverse spots; 

 under surface of primaries silvery white, crossed by broad bands, those where the white 



