168 THE BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



49 inches, tail about 8J inches long, weight about 

 If Ibs. Female, about 21J inches long, extent 

 about 55 inches, tail about 9J inches long, weight 

 about 3 Ibs. Adult male : Above, grayish-brown, 

 forehead and throat white, breast plain rufous ; 

 below, buffy-whitish, barred or spotted with brown- 

 ish, tail crossed with about 10 dusky bands. Adult 

 female : Similar to the male, but grayish-brown on 

 chest. Melanistic phase : Plumage sooty-brown, 

 with various intermediate plumage between the 

 complete melanism and the normal plumage. 

 Young : Above, blackish-brown and ochraceous, 

 tail like adult ; head, neck and below, creamy-buff, 

 streaked and spotted with blackish. 



105. Broad-winged Hawk. 



Length of male, about 14 inches, tail about 7 

 inches long. Female, about 17 inches, tail about 8 

 inches long. Adults : Above, dusky-brownish, tail 

 blackish, crossed by about three bands of brownish- 

 gray ; below, brownish, varying to rusty, broken 

 by white transverse spotting ; posterior lower parts 

 white, barred or spotted with rufous. Young : 

 Tail grayish-brown, crossed by about six bands of 

 dusky ; lower parts dull-white or buffy, streaked 

 with blackish or dusky. 



106. American Rough-legged Hawk. 



Length (tf male, about 21 inches, tail about 9J 



