BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 



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Table showing the results of examinations of 65 stomachs of the Broad-winged Rawk 

 (Biiieo Ia1issi7)ius) — Continued. 



Summary.— Of 65 stomachs examined, 2 contained small birds; 15, mice; 13, other mammals; 11, rep- 

 tiles; 13, batrachians; 30, insects; 2, earth worms; 4, crawfish; and 7 were empty. 



SHORT-TAILED HAWK. 



Buteo brachyurus. 



The Short-tailed Hawk, or Little Black Hawk as it is designated in 

 the melanistic phase of plumage, inhabits tropical America, except the 

 Westlndies, rangingiiorthwardto northern Mexico and Florida. Along 

 the gulf coast of the latter State it is of rare but regular occurrence. 



In the spring of 1889 Mr. 0. J. Pennock found a pair nesting at St. 

 Marks, Fla., and secured the female, together with one egg. The nest 

 was situated in a ])ine tree, and consisted of an old nest of a heron 

 remodeled by the addition of a lining of green cypress twigs. The cry 

 which the bird emitted as it circled near the tree resembled somewhat 



