7SI IxiM'our or Statk (Jkouxjisi'. 



"Al^ril Ja, ISDO. 1^0.21—337. Red-tailed Hawk. Taken H mik\< 

 northwest, of town (Waterloo), on the Golden liake Road, in low, 

 swampy woods on west side of road. Nest, rather large, in a large, 

 leaning ash tree — 70 feet from the ground. Bird left nest after I 

 started to olimh. Two very large eggs, 1.98 by 2.46 and 2.04 by 2.60. 

 the largest 1 haA^e seen. Incubation, one-third advanced." 



135. (887(1). Biiteo borealis harlani (Am.). 



Harlan's Hawk. 

 Syiionvm. BiACK H aavk. 



Ill Harlan's Hawk Iho tail is mottled with rusty, white, gray, and 

 ilusky: (he rest oi the plumage may vary from that of the typical red 

 tail to nearly black. (Fisher). 



Size, sjime as B. borealis. 



R.\NOK. — Harlaji's Red-tailed Hawk ( Hufra botraJis harlani), which 

 until recently was considered a species, dwells in lower Mississippi 

 A'alley and Gulf States, east, to Georgia, and extends ca<sual1y to Kan- 

 sas. Iowa, Illinois. Indiajia and rennsylvania. 



Nest and Fggs, probably similar to those of B. borealis. 



.Accidental visitor. Mr. R. B. ^^ illianis. Lebanon, Ind.. has in his 

 possession a. line specimen of this Hawk. It was shot and its wing 

 broken by Air. AV. H. ]\loler. of the same city, in Perry Township, 

 iioone County. Ind.. in September. 1887. He brought it while it wais 

 alive to Mr. Williams, who mounted it. This is the tirst record of the 

 Black Hawk from Indiana. In Illinois. Air. C. K. Worthen shot one 

 of a pair on the Mississippi River, near Warsaw. Hancock County, in 

 1879. I have in my collection the skin of a specimen taken several 

 yeai-s ago l\v Air. W. S. Everhart. of Toledo. Cumberland County. 111., 

 in that county, and presented by him to me. This species is so rare 

 that, while its habits and food are probably similar to that of the typi- 

 cal Red-tailed Hawk, it is of no value to us. It* plumage varies from 

 n\uch the saine color of the true borealis to uniform black. The well 

 known Indian Chief. Black Hawk, was probably named after this bird. 



*136. (880). Buteo lineatus (Gmel.). 



Red-shoxildered Hawk. 



.1(1 lilt. — Head, neok, and lower part*, more or less rusty or cinna- 

 mon, transversely spotted or barred \nth whitish; tail, black, crossed 

 by about six bands of white. .Above, retldish-brown, the center of the 

 feathers darker than the edges. Iwmahire. — Lower part*, dull 



