

Io6 HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 



284. CARRION CROW : BLACK VULTURE. 



Blackish. 



24. Bill, yellowish ; head, dark, with a few bristly feath- 

 ers ; tail, square. 



A southern species, regularly north only to N. C. , but straggling 

 even to Me. ; no records in N. J. ; chiefly a coast-bird. 



2S5. HEN HAWK: RED-SHOULDERED BUZZARD. 



Reddish-brown Lighter, dark-streaked and white-barred. 



20. Shoulders^ orange-brown ; wings and tail, blackish, 

 narrowly white-barred and white-tipped. 



Permanent throughout; nest, high in tree; eggs, Apr., 2-4, color 

 variable ; quite abundant. 



286. COOPER'S HAWK: CHICKEN HAWK. 



Dark brown White, brownish-barred. 



18. Throat, almost pure white ; wings, dark-barred ; tail, 

 lighter, dark-barred and white-tipped. 



Permanent throughout, but rarer in winter; nest, in high tree; 

 eggs, Apr. or May, 3-5, white or tinted, obscurely marked. 



287. DUCK HAWK: PEREGRINE FALCON. 



Dark ash Buff-white, spotted. 



18. Forehead, whitish ; throat, pure white ; tail, finely 

 barred with dark and light ; large black patch on cheek ; 

 breast spotted, sides barred, with black. 



Breeds throughout ; a mountainous species ; winters irreg. in 

 Pa. ; rare ; nest, on tree or ground ; eggs, 3-4, whitish, variously 

 spotted ; attacks large game, such as ducks, hares, etc. 



