THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY, 



159 



ggg- 



gggv- 



hh. Wing under 8.75. 



Sharp-shinxed Hawk, p. 161 



ggg. Below pinkish or buffy-white, slightly 



streaked on breast and broadly spotted on 



the belly with dusky. Duck Hawk, p. 166 



ff. Upper parts brown, mottled with white and rusty. 



g. Tail rusty red. Red-tailed Hawk, p. 162 



gg. Tail blackish, with three narrow white bars. 



Red-shouldered Hawk, p. 163 



Tail dusky, with one broad white bar and 



one or two obscure narrower ones. 



Broad-winged Hawk, p. 164 

 Tail dark slaty or brown. 



h. With about seven narrow broken bars 



of rusty or buff. Duck Hawk, p. 166 



hh. With four broken bars of rusty or buff. 



Pigeon Hawk, p. 167 



ffffffUff- Tail grayish, with four broad dusky bands 



(younger birds). 



h. Wing over 12. Goshawk, p. 162 



hh. Wing, 9-11. Cooper's Hawk, p. 161 

 hhh. Wing less than 8.75. 



Sharp-shinned Hawk, p. 161 



gggggg. Tail with about eight narrow dusky bands on 



gray, white or rusty ground (younger birds). 



h. Many of the primaries rusty or whitish 



on the outer web. 



Red-shouldered Hawk, p. 163 

 hh. Primaries all dusky on the outer web. 

 i. Wing over 14. 



Red-tailed Hawk, p. 162 

 a. Wing under 12. 



Broad-winged Hawk, p. 164 



327 Elanoides forficatus (Linnaeus). 

 Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Ad«I<.— Length, 19.50-25.50. Wing, 15.40-17.50. Back, wings and tail and 

 tip of tertials, glossy black ; rest of plumage, white ; tail, deeply forked. 

 Young in first autumn has the head streaked with dusky. 



A rare straggler froin tli^ south. The following specimens have 

 been taken: One shot by John Krider, near Philadelphia, in 1857, 

 recorded by Turnbull, doubtless the same referred to by Krider^ as 

 shot in New Jersey. Mr. Harold Herrick- records one at Chatham, 



'Field Notes, p. 10. 



* Forest and Stream, XII., 1879, p. 165. 



