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A nest of this Hawk, taken l.y Mr. ,1. V. Ifitchio, May LS, 18G:5,— the 

 parent female of which was sticured also, — is ilescribed as liavinj;- been 

 made of large sticks, very loosely jiiit toyet!ier, lined with a lew pieces of 

 bark. It was placed in the crotch of a tree, close to the trunk, and twenty 

 feet from the ground, and contained two eggs. 



Buteo swainsoni, Boxap. 



Var. Hwaliisoni, Bokap. 



SWAINSON'S HAWK; BAIRP' AAWZ. 



Butco swiiinsoni, R(inai'. Conip. List, \t. 'A, 1838; i'oiisip. Av. ji. 1!i, IS.'ifl ; Proc. Ao. X. S. 

 Phil. ji. -itsil, IH.-,-, ; p.inls X. Am. lit, 18r,8. — ni:r.i:M. P. 1!. 1!. Itcj.'t, II, ;i2, ISm. — 

 SiKicKi.. Dill. Syu. I, ;iO, ISr.S. — DuE.ssKK, lbi^s, ]8(j,'), 3-'l (Ti xas). — (Iamm. .Toiini. 

 Ac. N. S. Pliil. II. 5. I, 27. — C(>rE,s Prod. li. Ariz. 9, l.S()(>. — Di.akist. Iliis, III, 

 1801, yi7 (I'lcsli rj^Rs). -CitAY, Hand List, I, 7, lyiill. Falco Imlc.n, Pknn. Aict. Zocl. 

 IL 207, sp. lu;j(? ,liiv.), 178"). —Aril. H. Am. pi. ccdxxii, 1831; Om. liiiij,'. IV, 

 f.(l8, 1831. Fii/co iihsnlclun, (i.MKI,. Syst. Xat. ]i. 2(>8, 178'.l. — Ki;i:i:, Tniiis. (iiiici. II 

 mil, 179-.i. -- L.vill. liid. Oni. 11. 28, sji. (il, 17S)(I ; Syiioii. Supii. L p. 3ll ; (Ion. Hist. 

 I, p. 2r,4, 1821.— L)Ai;i). Tr. Oni. 11,' 104, ISOO. -^Siiaw, Zoiil. VII, 152, 1812. 

 L'litco ('inarm, Vlicil.i,. Ois. Am. 1807. Iliilcu ru/ijiirin, llicii. k Swains. K. B. Am. 

 p. f), 1S;U. — ,Tai!I). (Wils.) Am. Oni. II, r.(i, 1808. — liitr.w. (Wii.s.i Am. Oin. p. ;i(i;i ; 

 Syuop. p. ()S4, 18,')2. Biilco iiioiiliiiia.t, Xl TT. Man. Orii. I'. S. & Caiiad. I, 112, lS:i3. 

 ISnIto liiiii-ili, HiiY, Pioc. Ai'. Sc. Phil. VI, -1.')], 18r)3. — Cassis, P>. (il'Cal. it Tex. pi. 

 xli, ISni ; Piirds X. Am. 21, Isr.S. — SililiKl,. Oiii. .Syii. I, 37, KS.'i.'i. Iliileo inshjim- 

 tus, C'A.ss. 15. Cal. & Tix. ]>. 102, jil. .\xxi, 18."i4 ; liirds X. Am. 23, lSr.8. — IIkkkm. 

 P. 1{. I!. licp't, VII, 31, l,sri7. — SnacKi.. Oin. Syn. I, 38, 185;".. — C(in;s, Prod. H. 

 Ariz. !), ISUti. — liliVANT, Proc. liost. Soc. X, lS(io, DO (= swainsoni). ! Ilnlco (juttu- 

 ni/is, Max. Cab. Jourii. VI, 18r)8, 17 (ami rj;j;s). 



8i>. CiiAR. Foi'in robust and stroiif.', like il. l)orc((lis ; wini^.s lony and poiiifpd ; only 

 tlirco oiitLM' pi-jniarios with their iiiiicr \V(>bs cut. Feet robu-t, tho tarsi sti-oiui'. Diinoii- 

 sions: Wiiirr, 14.40-17.00; tail, 8.00 -!l.."jO ; culnion, .80- .!)"> ; tarsus, •J.;!0-'2.70 ; luid- 

 dlo toe, L50- 1.70. Wciirht, li-;5i His. Colors: Tail dark grayish-brown with a lioai v 

 cast, i'rossod by nuiuiTtins obscure narrow bands ol' a darkei- shade. Adult, iinilonn 

 blaekish-brown aliove; iippcr lail-coverts barred witii white. Throat and lower iiarts 

 posterior to the breast white or pale ochraecons; ii bi-oad patch acro.ss the breast liuilbiin 

 brown, — nddish-i-iilous in the male, and ".'rayish-uniber in the leniale, — the wliole 

 lower surla/ wary iiifr to entirely iiiiil'orni dull brownisli-lilaek, thoiii,di inten.iediate shades. 

 Yoinuj. with the },'roun<l-color ol' the ]iluiua,u:e soft oohr.aeeou.s, or creain-eolor; the head, 

 neck, dorsal iv,t;ion, and sides ol' the lircasf, with tear-shaped spots of browiiish-lilai'k, with 

 a faint purple lelleclion. I'pper parts purplish-lilack, vaiicfjated with ochracoous, sonie- 

 tiiues almost wholly black. Tail as in the adult, liut more hoary. 



(t. Ki)rni(il iilnmtKje. 

 Adult male (.")3.10r), Trnokce liivcr, Xevada, .riily ; C. KhiL', K. Ridu'way). Head, 

 iieek, and njiper parts blacki.sh-brown : sca|mlars sli,a;htly variegated with a rufous 

 mottlint;-; upper tail-eoveits white tinged with nifou.'t, and with transver.se bars of 

 Iilai'kish-lirown, about si.x on each feather. Tail dark brown like the ba(;k-, approaching 

 black teriniiially, basally with a slight hoary east ; cro.ssod by about ten narrow, very 

 obscure bands of ueuily bkuk. Front iid whole throat clear white, iinmaeulate, and 



