252 Catalogue of the Birds of Connecticut 



9. Falco fuscus, Gmelin, Hen Hawk, common. 

 # 10. P. Sancti-Johannis, Bonaparte, Rough-legged Hawk 

 New Haven. 



*11. F.buteoides, Nuttall, Short-winged Hawk, Stratford and 



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New Haven. 



*12. F. borealis, Audubon, Red-tailed Hawk, Stratford and 

 New Haven. 



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and New Haven. 



*15. F. hyemalis, Aud., Red-shouldered Hawk, Stratford and 

 New Haven. 



# 16. F. cyaneus, Linn., Marsh Hawk, Stratford and New Haven. 



|*17. F. halisetus, Aud. and Wilson, Fish Hawk, common. 





other, killed here this spring, measured nine feet in alar extent, as I am informed 

 by one who 6aw him. There has been, it is believed, for several years an eyrie of 

 them near Black Rock in Fairfield. I seldom pass there at any season of the year 

 without seeing at least one of these noble and magnanimous birds. 



*10. The rough-legged hawk is said by Audubon to be the same as the F. lago- 

 pus and JP. niger, or black hawk of Wilson. 



*11. F, buteoides is what the farmers call hen hawk, and is quite destructive to 

 poultry. It is supposed by some authors to be the young of F. borealis. 



*]2. The red-tailed hawk which I have in my cabinet, was killed here on the 

 24th of November last. Length nineteen inches, alar forty two inches : the young 

 of one or two years with ten bands upon the tail. This species may be distin- 

 guished by its horrid and " unearthly scream." 



*13. Cooper's hawk I imagine I have often seen here in autumn, but not hav- 

 ing taken it am not sufficiently certain to insert its name without a query. But 

 as it has been found both in Massachusetts and New York, it is highly probable 

 that it will be occasionally found among this numerous family in Connecticut. 

 The same may be said of No. 4, the little corporal hawk. 



*14. Of the broad-winged hawk, a very rare bird, I obtained a female specimen 

 in Stratford in the spring of 1841, and found it to compare well with a specimen 

 in Peale's Museum, New York, which Mr. Audubon, who was with me at the 

 time, assured me was correctly named. 



lo. Of the red-shouldered hawk, I obtained a specimen in Stratford, January 6, 

 3843. Length nineteen and a half inches, and forty three inches in stretch of 

 wings ; five white bands upon the tail, with the end of the same also white. It is 

 one of our finest looking hawks. 



*16. The marsh hawk (F. uliginosus of Wilson) is the most common hawk 

 found in our salt meadows and fields adjoining. My specimen is about twenty 

 inches in length, and in plumage a male of the second year. 



*17. The fish hawk is believed annually to breed in the large swamp in this 

 town, from whence he daily repairs to the Housatonic for food. I recently obtained 

 a specimen that measured five feet seven inches in alar, which had just taken a 

 flounder (Platina plana, Storer) of twelve inches in length, which I also obtained 



