236 NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



"West Indies), north to eastern Mexico and (casually?) 

 Florida (Palatka). 



344. B. brachyurus VIEILL. Short-tailed Hawk. 



c 2 . Middle toe shorter than naked portion of tarsus in front. (Subgenus 

 Buteo, part.) 



Only three outer quills with inner webs emarginated. Adult: 

 Tail blackish, crossed by 2-4 broad bands of light brownish 

 gray or brownish white, and narrowly tipped with whitish ; 

 upper parts nearly uniform dusky brownish, darker on back ; 

 beneath brownish (varying to dull rufous or rusty) anteriorly, 

 usually more or less broken by white transverse spotting ; pos- 

 terior lower parts white, barred or transversely spotted with 

 dull rufous. Young : Tail grayish brown, crossed by 5-7 narrow 

 bands of dusky, and tipped with whitish ; sides of head and 

 entire lower parts dull white, or buffy, marked longitudinally 

 with blackish or dusky, on breast, sides, etc., the cheeks with a 

 rather distinct " mustache" of dusky streaks. Male : Length 

 about 13.25-15.00, wing 9.85-10.70, tail 6.50-7.00, culmen .70, 

 tarsus 2.15-2.80, middle toe 1.20-1.38. Female: Length about 

 16.00-18.00, wing 11.00-11.40, tail 7.00-8.00, culmen .70-.80, 

 tarsus 2.20-2.70. Nest in trees (often a deserted crow's nest). 

 Eggs 2-4, 1.93 X 1-56, buffy whitish, variously spotted and 

 blotched with brown. Sab. Eastern North America, north to 

 New Brunswick and the Saskatchewan, west to edge of Great 

 Plains, south (in winter only?) through Middle America and 

 West Indies to northern South America. 



343. B. latissimus (WiLs.). Broad-winged Hawk. 



ft 2 . Outer webs of primaries distinctly spotted with white, buffy, or ochraceous. 

 Tail narrowly banded with white, buffy, or ochraceous, lesser wing- 

 coverts more or less rusty. Adult : Head, neck, and lower parts more 

 or less rusty, or cinnamon, the first two streaked with dusky, the 

 posterior lower parts more or less barred or transversely spotted with 

 whitish ; quills and tail black, the former spotted on outer webs with 

 white, the latter crossed by about six narrow bands of and tipped with 

 the same. 'Young : Head, neck, and lower parts buffy or dull whitish, 

 streaked and striped or longitudinally spotted with dark brownish ; 

 quills and tail dusky, the former extensively spotted on basal portion 

 of outer webs with buffy or ochraceous, the latter crossed by numer- 

 ous narrow bands of dull buffy or pale grayish brown (the more ante- 

 rior ones more ochraceous). Downy young: Uniform dull grayish 

 white. Nest in large or tall trees. Eggs 2-4, white, glaucous-white, 

 buffy white, or pale brownish, variously marked (spotted, blotched, or 

 stained) with various shades of brown. 

 c 1 . Adult with head and neck distinctly rusty. 



d 1 . Adult : Eufous or rusty of anterior lower parts (chest and breast) 



