Tail, above, rich rufous; a narrow black band 

 near its end, tip white; upper breast heavily 

 streaked with grayish brown and buffy ; lower 

 breast lightly or not at all streaked; upper belly 

 heavily marked with blackish; lower belly white; 

 upperparts dark grayish brown, edged with buffy 

 and whitish. 



This is the larger of our two common soaring 

 hawks. From the following species it may be dis- 

 tinguished also by the reddish tail, heavily mottled 

 upper belly, and lack of rufous on the wing-coverts. 

 The call, a long harsh whistle, is also distinctive. 



339. Red-shouldered Hawk — Buteo lineatus 

 line at us. 



A large hawk. Length, male i8*4 inches; fe- 

 male zoY% inches. (See cut, page 52.) 



"Shoulders" rufous; underparts rufous or buffy, 

 barred with white or whitish; throat streaked with 

 blackish; upperparts blackish brown, edged with 

 buffy and whitish; main wing-feathers barred 

 with black and white; tail blackish with four or 

 five white bars and a white tip. 



A common soaring hawk. Its usual call-note is 

 a harshly whistled kee-you, kee-you; it is frequent- 

 ly and closely imitated by the Blue Jay. Its chosen 

 haunts are low wet woodlands. See number 337. 



343. Broad-winged Hawk — Buteo platypterus 

 platyterus. 



Length, male 15% inches; female \dV\ inches. 



Underparts hea-vily barred with brownish buff; 

 uperparts dark grayish brown or blackish, mar- 

 gined with buffy and rufous; tail blackish, two bars 

 and the tip grayish white. 



For a hawk, this bird is very unsuspicious and 

 often may be closely approached. Usually I find 

 it on a low branch well within the woods. 



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