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BUTEO LINEATUS— GMEL. 



RED-SHOULDERED HAWK. 



Falco lineatus, Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 Winter Falcon, Falco hyemalis, Wils. Amer. Orn. 

 Falco hyemalis, Bonap. Syn. 



Winter Falcon, or Red-shouldered Hawk, Falco hyemalis, Nutt. Mari. 

 Red-shouldered Hawk, Falco lineatus, Aud. Orn. Biog. 

 Winter Hawk, Falco hyemalis, Aud. Orn. Biog. 



Specific Character — Lesser wing-coveits bright reddish-brown. 

 Adult with the upper parts deep brown ; fore part of the back dark- 

 er, the feathers margined with reddish-brown ; primaries blackish- 

 brown, barred and tipped with white ; secondaries barred and tip- 

 ped with white, the outer webs shaded with reddish-brown ; tail 

 blackish-brown, distinctly crossed with four Avhite bands, and rather 

 broadly tipped Avith white ; lesser wing coverts bright reddish 

 brown, their centres marked with black ; lower parts light reddish 

 brown, longitudinally streaked with black ; abdomen crossed with 

 white ; lower tail-coverts dull white, with a few brownish-red 

 spots ; tibial feathers yellowish-red, barred with deep reddish 

 brown. Young with the upper parts brown, the feathers edged 

 with dull white, and shaded with yellowish-red ; primaries blackish 

 brown towards their ends ; rest parts dull white, crossed with 

 black, and shaded with yellowish-red ; tail alternately barred with 

 blackish-brown and grayish-brown ; lower parts white, the ends of 

 the feathers marked with large spots of hair-brown ; tibial feathers 

 tinged with dull yellowish-red ; the red markings on the shoulders 

 not so fully developed as in the adult. Length of male twenty 

 inches, wing twelve and a quarter. 



This fine Hawk, more plentiful than the preceding, is rarely 

 observed with us except during winter. It possesses most of the 

 manners of the Red-tailed Hawk, and like that species preys on 

 poultry and small birds. 



