BIRDS OF PREY — HAWKS (AND ALLIES) I05 



279. HEN HAWK: RED-TAILED BUZZARD. 



Dark brown Buffy-white, partly streaked. 



22. Above, slightly marked with tawny and white ; tail, 

 above, bright chestnut^ below, silverywhite, with white tip 

 subtipped with black ; sides and abdomen, dark-streaked ; 

 plumage variable, but chestnut-red tail characteristic. 



Permanent throughout ; nest, bulky, high in tree ; eggs, 3, whitish, 

 marked. 



2§0. MARSH HAWK. 



Bluish-gray Whitish . 



16-18. Wings, blackish-tipped; upper tail-coverts, 



white; tail, brown-barred. 



Breeds throughout ; more or less permanent, especially in S. Pa. ; 

 nest, on ground ; eggs, May, 4-5, with dull tints, obscurely marked; 

 in marshy places ; feeds on mice, toads, insects, etc. 



2§1. GYRFALCON. 



24. White, heavily marked with brown. 

 An Arctic species, occa. seen in N. E. in winter ; nest, on cliff. 



282. GOSHAWK: PARTRIDGE HAWK. 



Slate White, dark-barred. 



24. Blackish on head; white superciliary line; tail, with 

 i 4 wide dark bands. 



Throughout, permanent, somewhat rare. 



283. TURKEY BUZZARD. 



Blackish. 

 24. Bill, white; head, red; skin of head with a few 

 ^bristly feathers ; wings, gray on under side ; tail, rounded. 



Permanent in S. N. J. ; breeds in Pa., where it is permanent in 

 some sections ; roams northward rarely to Me. ; nest, on ground ; 

 eggs, 1-2, whitish, variously spotted ; gregarious, sails an immense 

 distance — one or two miles — without wing-beat. 



