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smaller twigs, mixed toward the centre with grass, moss, 

 or other soft material, and often a few feathers. The 

 same nest is often used during successive years. The 

 eggs are generally three in number, sometimes two or 

 four, about 2.40 long by rather less than 2.00 broad. 

 They are dull whitish in color, sometimes with only a few 

 markings of dull brownish-gray, but oftener extensively 

 blotched with several shades of rich brown. They may 

 be looked for in April, the young usually being out by 

 the end of that month. 



RED-SHOULDERED BUZZARD ; WINTER 

 HAWK. 



BUTEO LINEATUS (Gm.) Jard. 



Chars. General plumage of the adult of a \\d\fulvous cast; above, 

 reddish-brown, the feathers with dark brown centres ; below a 

 lighter shade of the same, with narrow dark streaks and white 

 bars ; quills and tail blackish, conspicuously banded with pure 

 white, the bend of the wing orange-brown. Young plain dark 

 brown above, below white with dark streaks ; quills and tail 

 barred with whitish. Nearly as long as S. borealis, but not 

 nearly so heavy ; tarsi more naked ; female 22.00 ; extent, 

 48.00; wing, 14.00; tail, 9.00; male 19.00; wing, 13.00; tail, 8.00. 



This is the most abundant of all our large hawks, 

 resident throughout the year, and in fact the usual 

 representative of its tribe in winter. Its habits are in 

 all respects similar to those of the Red-tail, though it is 

 inferior in size and strength. The nest is much the 

 same in character, but smaller, more likely to be farther 

 from the main stem of a tree ; it is said to be not so long 

 reoccupied. The eggs, as usual, have a wide range of 



