BROAD-WINGED HAWK. 



BUTEO LATISSIlVrUS. 



Char. Above, dull brown, the feathers with paler edges ; tail brown 

 with four light bars and tipped with white; below, buffish or tawny, 

 barred and streaked with rufous ; wings short and broad. Length 13^ to 

 15 inches. 



Nest. In a tree ; loosely built of twigs, and lined with leaves and 

 feathers. 



Eggs. 2-4 ; buffish, blotched with reddish brown of various shades ; 

 1.90 X 1.55- 



This species was obtained by Wilson, in the vicinity of 

 Philadelphia, in the act of feeding on a meadow-mouse. On 

 being approached, it uttered a whining whistle and flew to 

 another tree, where it was shot. Its great breadth of wing, as 

 well as of the head and body, compared with its length, ap- 

 pears remarkably characteristic. The following day the mate 

 was observed sailing in wide circles, the wings scarcely moving, 

 and presenting almost a semi-circular outline. These two in- 

 dividuals appear to be all that were known to Wilson of this 

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