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WOODLAND BIRDS. 



No. 



PIGEON HAWK. 



Genus: Falco. Species: F. columbarius. 



Distribution: 



A common migrant and rare winter resident of southern 

 New England. 



Date of Arrival: May. 



Date of Departure: September. 



General Plumage: 



Male, upper parts bluish ash, tail bands, fore crown and wing 

 markings whitish ; under parts white or tinted with buff', 

 brown marked. Female and immature, upper parts ashen 

 brown. Bill blue, feet yellow. Length about 11.00. 



Song and Other Notes: 

 Various cries. 



Haunts: 



Woodland and farming lands. 



