

AMERICAN ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. 



BLACK HAWK. 

 Archibuteo LAGOPUS SANCTI-JOHANNIS. 



Char. General color variable, — dark or light brown, or brownish 

 sometimes black ; all the feathers edged with lighter color, produci 

 appearance of streaks. The absence of these streaks on the belly 

 a dark band. Tail with dark and light bars, and whitish at its 

 Easily distinguished from any other Hawk by the feathered shank. Li 

 I9J^ to 22 inches. 



Ah'st. In a large tree, or on rocks ; of sticks lined with gras: 

 moss, and feathers. 



Egqs. 2-3; white or creamy, more or less spotted with brown 

 Xi.55. 



This remarkable species of Buzzard appears to take up its 

 residence chiefly in the northern and western wilds of America. 

 My friend Mr. Townsend found its nest on the banks of Bear 

 River, west of the Rocky Mountains. The nest, formed of 

 large sticks, was in a thick willow bush about ten feet from 

 the ground, and contained two young almost fledged. It is 



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