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Section 4. Fourth primary, longest; four or five outer 

 primaries, emarginate or notched ; upper tail coverts, 

 white. 



I'lulor surface of tail, whitish at l)asc ; one l)roa(l 3nht«M-miiial hand of dark hrowii, 

 tipped with f^rayi^h white; upper mandible, lon<;- and eurved (see cut). Not 

 recorded uortli of Florida. 



Everglade Kite. 

 Iio!ytrliaiiiHs xuLinbilis. 

 See No. 264. 



Upper mandible, hawk-like (see cut) ; under surface of tail, white or pale rufous 

 with several bands of dark brown. 



Harsh Hawk. 



Circus hudsfiuiiis. 

 See No. 2G5. 



Section 5. Fourth primary, longest, four or five outer 

 primaries emarginate or notched ; upper tail coverts, 

 not white ; no feathers on tarsus. 



Face, hare; back, brown; thighs, black or dark l)rowu. Audubon's Caracara. 



Polijhorns che.rhfaij. 

 See No. 297. 



Section 6. Fourth primary, longest, four or five outer 

 primaries, emarginate or notched ; upper tail coverts, 

 not white; tarsus, partly (but not entirely) feathered. 



Tail, l)right i ufous brown (adult) ; tail, whitisli or grayish, with numerous 

 l)rown bars (immature). 



Red-tailed Hawk. 



Buteo horealis, and 7rtcps. 

 See No. 271. 



General plumage, dark sooty ])rown, sometimes with underparts pale, more or 



less streaked and spotted. 



Harlan's Hawk. 



BuUii hnft'iilis harlnni. 



See No. 274. 



