THE BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY. 



159 



lih. Wing under 8.75. 



SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, p. 161 



ggg. Below pinkish or buffy-white, slightly 



streaked on breast and broadly spotted on 



the belly with dusky. DUCK HAWK, p. 166 



if. Upper parts brown, mottled with white and rusty. 



g. Tail rusty red. RED-TAILED HAWK, p. 162 



gg. Tail blackish, with three narrow white bars. 



RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, p. 163 



ggg. Tail dusky, with one broad white bar and 



one or two obscure narrower ones. 



BROAD-WINGED HAWK, p. 164 

 gggg. Tail dark slaty or brown. 



h. With about seven narrow broken bars 



of rusty or buff. DUCK HAWK, p. 166 



hh. With four broken bars of rusty or buff. 



PIGEON HAWK, p. 167 



ggggg. Tail grayish, with four broad dusky bands 

 (younger birds). 



h. Wing over 12. GOSHAWK, p. 162 



hh. Wing, 9-11. COOPER'S HAWK, p. 161 

 hhh. Wing less than 8.75. 



SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, p. 161 



999999- Tail with about eight narrow dusky bands on 

 gray, white or rusty ground (younger birds). 

 h. Many of the primaries rusty or whitish 

 on the outer web. 



RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, p. 163 

 hh. Primaries all dusky on the outer web. 

 i. Wing over 14. 



RED-TAILED HAWK, p. 162 

 ti. Wing under 12. 



BROAD-WINGED HAWK, p. 164 



327 Elanoides forficatus (Linnaeus). 

 Swallow-tailed Kite. 



Adult. Length, 19.50-25.50. Wing, 15.40-17.50. Back, wings and tail and 

 tip of tertials, glossy black ; rest of plumage, white ; tail, deeply forked. 

 Young in first autumn has the head streaked with dusky. 



A rare straggler from the south. The following specimens have 

 been taken: One shot by John Krider, near Philadelphia, in 1857, 

 recorded by Turnbull, doubtless the same referred to by Krider 1 as 

 shot in New Jersey. Mr. Harold Herrick 2 records one at Chatham, 



1 Field Notes, p. 10. 



2 Forest and Stream, XII., 1879, p. 165. 



