MERLINS 287 



ward; nests, on branches of trees and in 

 holes of trees and cliffs; south in Sept. and 

 early Oct. to winter in the Bahamas and 

 northward. 



285. RICHARDSON MERLIN. 

 Differs from last in having five or six 

 light bands on tail and both outer and inner 



Fig. 226 



Sparrow Hawk. 1-4. 



webs of primaries banded with white. 

 Western N. A. from Mississippi River to the 



Pacific. 



286. MERLIN. 



Differs from last in having a large patch 

 of black on cheek. Old world, accidental 

 in Greenland. 



