F\u ON& HAWKS. EAOL1 ]:.7 



ea*t of I.oui-iiimi. It migrates in flocks. M>m<-timi* flying within gun- 

 shot. ami tit others <> far al.\.- the earth as to be almost beyond the 



vi-.ii. ii. 



330. Rostrhjtmua soclabili* < I'irill. i. KVKKOI.AHK KITE; ^ 

 HAWK. Ad. &. Dnrk idalc e..lor; under, and longer UJ.JHT tui! covert*, and 

 b*M of the tail whit*-, tip !' the tail whitiih ; ii|.| r iiiHii-lil.li- inm-li II-IIJ.MM- 

 cncd ami hooked. 9 uiul it*. I'I.JNT parts black, tip|H-d with rufous; urnli-r 

 parts barred ami mottled with ruf<>u.-<, l.ln.-k, ami butty; tail an in th- 



1... lt-00; \v.. 1*00; T. : :/.. r. , i-ao. 



Kangt. Broodii (Vom iiii.ldli- Kli.ridaoouthwar.l tt)n- Ar^i-iitiin- 1:. pul-li--. 



Jfttt^ in bushai, Hinoiitf rocils or tall irr:L-..-i-<. /.;':/. t\\<> t thrvv, pah- l.lu- 

 iith white, hoavily o(MittiHl, Motchcd, or wanheil with rinnuiin>ii r t-hocolatc, 

 1-8S x 1-47. 



This species is a summer resident in M.Mtlit-rn Florida. It arriv. < 

 from the south in February. Mr. \V. K. D. S<-..tt writ.-s of it as ol>- 

 i at Lake Panasofkee, Florida: "Their fixxl at this jtoint ap|>ar- 

 ently consists of a kind of large, fresh-water snail, which is very abun- 

 dant, and the local name of 'Snail-Hawk' is particularly applicable 

 t<> this bird as 1 have met with it. They fish over the shallow water, 

 reminding one of Hulls in their motions; and having secured a snail 

 by diving, they immediately carry it to the nearest available perch. 

 where the animal is dexterously taken from the shell without injury 

 to the latter" (Hull. Nutt. Urn. Club, vi, 1881, p. 16). 



331. Circus hudsonius //> . . M M>H HAWK ; HARKIER. Ad. 6 . 

 l'|.|K-r |>artn gray or ashy ; ii|>[x-r tail-covert.-* irhlt- ; tail silvery ifray, irn-iru- 

 Inrly Larn-'l r marked with liluekish ; up[K-r Im-iist jK-url-gray ; the lower 

 hrcant an 1 U-lly white, Hpottvd or hurn-d with rufous. .I./. . . I'p|H-r parts 

 AlMCOOa, the head ami lu-ck streaki-tl, uiul the win:.' - --v. rt- |-.tt.--l or inan;iiieil 

 with rufous; longer upper tuil-eovert.H irhlt- ; miil-lle tail-fcatlu-rs l.arrc-1 with 

 ashy ami black, others horri-d with iN-hrueeous-hutr aiul Muck ; umlcr parts 

 .H-|ira.-coii.l.urt, widely Mn-akcd .>n the Lrea-t and narrowly xtrvukcd on tlie 

 belly with fiucoiu or li^'lit i:mt>. r. /;/i. Similar to the , , Imt w.mcwhiit 

 darker al">\i-; the under parts darker, almost nifoiiH ; the Lelly without 

 rtreakn. 6 L., 1900; W., l.,::,; T., tNi ; |{. fn.m N., -00. 9 L.,2*fl"; W.. 



T., 10HX). 



/'inyf. North Arnerieii in u'viu-riil, w.uth t I'anamo. 



\Vashi iitftoii. i-omni'-n \V. V.. .Inly t Apl. Sin^ Siiif, tolerably eoiuimin 

 S I: . M. h . a few winter. Caml.ri-L'e, eommon T. V.. Meh. !." 



to Apl. 1">; Sept. and < ).-t. ; a few l.n.d. 



on the ground, in marshes*, /j/y*, four tn six, dull white or pale 

 Muish wliit.. 



This Hawk is essentially a bird of the unwooded country, and we 

 might as well lo<>k for a (rnuise in the UJM-II marsh as for a Harrier in 

 the thick woods. It flies low, and may be easily identified bv the large 



