BIRDS OF PREY — HAWKS (AND ALLIES) I07 



2§§. BROAD-WINGED HAWK: BUZZARD. 

 Dark brown White, barred and streaked. 



18. Tail, barred, and tipped with white ; dark patch on 



each side of throat. 



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

 eggs, 3-5, yellowish-white, dark-spotted. 



2§9. PIGEON HAWK. 



Dark ashy-blue Fulvous, dark-spotted. 



13. Wings, white-spotted ; tail, banded with black and 



whitish, and white-tipped ; throat, whitish ; breast, buffy, 



and brown-spotted ; ? , above, ashy-brown ; tail, banded 



obscurely with whitish. 



Breeds from northern edge down to Mass., and in winter through- 

 out ; nest, in tree-hole or on branch ; eggs, 4-5, variously colored. 



290. SHARP-SHINNED HAWK. 



Dark brown White, brownish-barred. 



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



lighter, dark-banded and white-tipped. 



Permanent throughout, but rare in N. E. in winter, and in Pa. in 

 summer; nest, in tree or on rock; eggs, May or June, 4-5, variable 

 in color ; especially valiant and impetuous. 



291. SPARROW HAWK. 



Cinnamon-brown Buff, slightly spotted. 



lo-ii. Crown, ashy-blue, with chestnut spot varying in 



size : tail, bright chestjiiit, black-barred and white-tipped j 



outer feathers, mostly white, and black-barred ; throat and 



rear, white ; breast, buffy, sparsely or not at all spotted ; ? 



has breast thickly dark-streaked. 



Abundant throughout ; nest, in tree-hole, etc. ; eggs, May, 5-7, 

 much varied in color ; the smallest hawk, and handsome. 



