296 HAWKS 



306. ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. 

 Large, 21, six to eight white tail bands; 

 white beneath, band of spots on breast and 

 Fig 231 broad band on abdomen, black, 

 fig. 231. Then is also a black 

 phase with intermediates, but the 

 basal three-fourths of tail, seen 

 from below, is always white. 

 Breeds throughout N. A. north 

 of the U. S.; winters from N. E. 

 south to N. C. from Nov. to April. 

 Legs very short and thus the 

 iegged bird sits low. Flight, heavy 

 Hawk. 1-8. yyftfa s i ow wing-beats. 



, 307. FERRUGINOUS HAWK. 



Size of last; differs in being more 

 reddish above; beneath, white unmarked; 

 tail, nearly white; from this varies into a 

 nearly black phase. Western N. A. west 

 to the plains; casual in 111. 



308. GOLDEN EAGLE. 



Large, 35; dark-brown throughout; 

 bill, brown; feet, yellow; tarsus feathered to 



