seasons of the year, as well as those kiutwii as iiii<iraiilK 

 nnd "stragglers:" 



THE BUZZARDS, EAGLES AND HAWKS 



Turkey Buzzard (Cathartes aura). 



Bald Eag-le {Hali(vetui> leucocephalus.) 



Red-tailed Hawk {Buieo horealis). 



Broad-win o^ed Hawk (Buteo latissimus) . 



Marsh Hawk {Circm hvdsonius). 



Sparrow Hawk (Falco sparverins). 



Goshawk (Accipiter atricapillus). 



Cooper's Hawk {Accipiter coopert). 



Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter velox). 



Duck Hawk {Falco peregrinus anatum). 



Osprey {Pandion halioitus caroUnensis). 



Red-shouldered Hawk {Buteo lineatus). 



Golden Eagle {Aquila chrysaetos). 



Pigeon Hawk {Falco columbarius). 



American Rough -legged Hawk {Archibuteo lagopus 

 sancti-johannis) . 



Mississippi Kite {letinia misnissippiensis) . 



Swallow-tailed Kite {Elanoidea forficatua). 



Black Vulture {Catharista atrata). 



The twelve tirst ineutiuued of the eighteen birds 

 named in the above coliunn breed regularly in the 

 State. Of these, some, for example, the Turkey Buz 

 zard, Goshawk and Bald Eagle, are restricted to a 

 few localities or to certain sections of the Common 

 wealth, yet. nevertheless, they annually rear their 

 families within our borders. 



The rest of this group, with, possibly, the exception 

 of the daring and little dove-eating Pigeon Hawk 

 {Falco columbarius), which, it is asserted, breeds occa 

 sionally in certain of our remote and higher monn 

 tainoiis distiicts. occur in Pennsylvania onh. as mi 



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