ACCIPITRES — FALCONID.E — BUTEO. 11 



THE BROAD-WINGED BUZZARD. 



BUTEO PENNSYLVANICUS. 



PLATE V. FIG. II. 



Paleo pennsylvanieus. Wils. Orn. Vol. 6, p. 92, pi. 54, fig. 1 (male). 



F. latissimwi. Ord, reprint of Wilson. 



Astur pennsylvanicus. Bonap. Am. Lye. Vol. 2, p. 29. 



Broad-winged Hawk. Nutt. Man. Vol. 1, p. 106. Aud. Orn. Biog. Vol.1, p. 461 ; Vol.5, p. 377. Id. B.of A. 



Vol. 1, p. 43, pi. 10 (male and female). 

 Broad-winged Buzzard. Gieaud, Birds of Long island, p. 5. 



Characteristics. Dusky above ; whitish tinged with reddish beneath, thickly spotted with 

 brown. Tail white, with two bars of black tipped with whitish or 

 brown. Length, 14 inches. 



Description. Bill short, as broad as long ; the dorsal outline curved nearly from the base, 

 much curved at the tip : a broad rounded lobe on the edge. Nostrils oval, oblique. Legs 

 long, with scutelke before and behind. Middle toe longest ; the outer connected at the base 

 by a membrane, and shorter than the inner. Space between the bill and eye hispid. Wings 

 very broad ; the fourth primary longest. Tail long, broadly rounded. 



Color. Bill bluish black ; cere and margin yellow. Iris hazel. Feet yellow. Dark umber 

 above : forehead with a slight margin of whitish. Cheeks whitish. Beneath light reddish, 

 with arrow-headed brown spots, which are also observed on the feathers of the thigh. 



Length, 14' 0. Alar extent, 32 "0. 



This is a rare species in our State, although Mr. Bell informs me that he killed several, in 

 one day, in Rockland county. In Virginia and Maryland, it is more common. It breeds in 

 Ohio. Its geographical range appears to be between the 31st and 46th parallels. Its wes- 

 tern range is unknown, but believed to be circumscribed. Peculiar to America. 



(EXTRA-LIMITAL.) 



B. vulgaris. (Aud. B. of A. Vol. 1 p. 30, pi. 6.) Chocolate-brown above ; beneath yellowish white 

 barred with brown. Tail with ten dusky bars. Length, 23 inches. Columbia River. 



B. harlani. (Aud. lb. Vol. 1, p. 38, pi. 8.) Deep chocolate-brown throughout. Tail with 6-7 

 narrow dusky bars. Length, 21 inches. Louisiana. 



B. harrisi. (Aud. lb. Vol. 1, p. 25, pi. 6.) Brownish black. Wing-coverts and feathers of the 

 thigh reddish brown. Tail black, white at the base and extremity. Length, 24 inches. Louisiana. 



