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FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES. ETC. 



the oyc ; inner tuil-fcuthors like tlic liaek, outer ones more fuscous, ami Hlijrhtly 

 nuirkeil with hluekisli ; tip wliitisli; entire untler purts evenly n.iirkeil witii 

 irref,'uiur, wuvy burs of gray and wiiite, tlie featiiers of tlje tiiroat anil breast 

 with (hirker shaft streaks, /in. — Upper parts fuseous, iiiar^^'iiied witli rufous; 

 prinuiries barred with bhiek ; tail l)rownisii gray, barred with bluek ; under 

 parts wiiite or butty, streaked with blaek. S L., 2'J0(.i; W., lauu; T., lUOO; 

 B. from N., -Go. 9 I-., 21'0(); W., 13-4U; T., ll'oO. 



liniKje. — lireeds from the nortliern United States nortii ward, and winters 

 as far south as Virginia. 



Wasliington, easuid in winter. Sing Sing, rare W. V., Oct. 10 to Jan. 14. 

 Cambridge, irregular and uueommon W. V. 



AW^, in trees. /iV/y.v, two to live, " white, or glaucous-white, sometimes 

 very faintly nuirked with pulo brownish, '1-'A\ x 1-74" t^liidgw.j. 



With tlie general habits of the two preceding species this larger 

 bird is much bolder tlnin either. Dr. Fislier remarks: " This species 

 is one of the most daring of all tiie Hawks, and wliile in pursuit of 

 its prey is apparently less concerned by the presence of man than any 

 other. It will dart down unexpectedly at the very feet of the fanner 

 and carry off a fowl." 



"Of 28 stomachs examined, 9 contained poultry or game birds; 2, 

 other birds; 10, mammals; 3, insects; 1, centiped: and 8 were empty" 

 (Fisher). 



337* Buteo borealis (Gmel.). Kkd-tailkd IT,\wk; lIicN Hawk; 

 Chicken Hawk. .-Ic/.— Upper parts dark grayish brown or fuseous-brown, 

 more or less etlged with rutbus, oehrueeous-butt, and whitish ; four outer \m- 

 niarics " noteiied," tiie outer one not regularly barred ; wing-eoverts nut elged 

 with rufous; tail rich rufouf!, with a narrow blaek band near its end and a 

 white tij); upjxir breast lieavily streaked with grayisli brown and oeliraeeou.s- 

 burf, lower breast lightly streaked and sonietiiues without streaks ; uppr r 

 belly streaked, si^ttetl, or barred with blaek or blackish, forming a kind of 

 broken band across the belly; lower belly generally wiiite without streaks, 

 Iin. — Similar, but the tail of about the same color as the back, crossed by 

 numerous more or less distinct blackish bands; no rufous in the markings of 

 the under parts. 3 L.,2O00; W., irv'jO; T., O-'i.'); B. from N., -Do. 9 L., '23-00: 

 AV., KVr.O; T., icTr). 



y»''///r/f'.— Eastern North America, breeding throughout most of its range. 



Washington, common W. V., rare S. K. Sing Sing, common P. R. ; leas 

 coniinou in winter. Cambridge, coninion W. V., Nov. to ,\pl. ; a few S. R. 



AV.si', in trees, thirty to seventy feet from the grouml. AV/f/.s two to four, 

 dull wiiite, generally scantily and irregularly marked with shades of cinna- 

 mon-brown, 2-40 X 1-8.'). 



Tiie Rod-tailed Hawk resembles its near relative, the Tfed-shoul- 

 dered Hiiwk, in the selection of its haunts, and, to a large extent, in 

 habits. \i is to be distinguisheil in life from that species by its larger 

 size, which, even in the field, is noticeable, and by its call. The usual 



