10 WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 9. RED SHOULDERED HAWK. 



Species: B. lineatus. 

 Distribution: 



A very common summer resident of southern New England, 



rare in winter and in the northern states. 



General Plumage: 



Similar to preceding species. Upper parts brown, marked 

 with white and reddish, tail black, white barred, shoulders 

 rusty red. Immature without or with less red and black, paler 

 wliite and ashy ; under parts white marked with tawny or 

 fulvous. Bill bluish black, feet yellow. Length about 

 20.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



'' Kec-o, Kee-o, Kee-o." 



Haunts: 



Similar to preceding species. 



No. 10. BALD EAGLE. 



Genus: Haliaj'etus. Species: IL leucocephalus. 



Distribution; 



A summer resident of northern and a resident of southern 



New England. 



General Plumage: 



Deep brown, head and tail white. Immature with little or 

 white wanting. Bill pale, feet yellow. Length about 35.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 



A wild, weird cry. The male's cry, writes Capt. Bendire, 

 sounds like '' cac-cac-cac." 



Haunts: 



Generally about bodies of water in wild country. 



