FAMILY FALCONIDA. — HAWKS, FALCONS, EAGLES, ETC. ] 
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General plumage, entirely sooty brown or black; primaries and tail, with more 
or less white or gray. 
American Rough-legged Hawk (black plumage). 
Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. 
See No. 281. 
Section 2. Third primary, longest; tarsus, not wholly 
feathered. 
Wing, less than 19; a part of inner web of outer primaries, white, showing 
numerous imperfect bars; thighs, black or dark brown; face, bare. 
Audubon’s Caracara. 
Polyborus cheriway. 
See No. 297. 
Win, from 16.90 to 21; a part of inner web of outer primaries, white, showing 
numerous imperfect bars; three outer primaries, notched ; belly and thighs, 
pure white; back, dark brown. Fish Hawk. 
Pandion haliactus carolinensis. 
See No. 285. 
Wing, less than 19; primaries, dark slaty blue, showing greenish tinge when held 
in the light; two outer primaries, notched ; tail, long and forked; underparts 
and thighs, pure white. Swallow-tailed Kite. 
Elanoides forsicatus. 
See No. 261. 
