DESCRIPTION. 



about 5J inches long. Adult male : Above, bluish- 

 slate or blackish colour, tail tipped with white, 

 subterminal band black, and about four other bands 

 of black ; below, ochraceous, streaked with brown- 

 ish-black. Adult fem.ale and Young : Whitish or 

 buffy below. 



112. American Sparrow Hawk. 



Length of male, about 10 inches, tail about 4J 

 inches long. Female, about 12 inches long, tail 

 about 5 inches long. Adult males : Above, rufous 

 or cinnamon, with or without rufous spot on head, 

 black spots on neck, tail chestnut-rufous, with 

 subterminal black band, tipped with whitish or 

 rufous, back with or without black bars or spots ; 

 below, varying from white, buffy, ochraceous and 

 rufous, with or without black spots. Adult female : 

 Similar to the male, but not so bright-coloured, 

 tail with bars of dusky, and back barred with 

 dusky. Young males and females : Similar to adults, 

 but colours more blended. 



113. American Osprey. 



Length about 2 feet, extent about 5J feet, tail 

 about 9 inches long, bill about 1J inches long. 

 Adult male : Above, brown, tail with bands of 

 dusky, head and neck white, marked with dusky ; 

 lower parts white, blotched with brown on chest. 

 Adult female : Similar to male, but chest more 



