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FALCONS, HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. 



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tho bftHul liulf with more or Iosh rufouH, tlic inner wobs of tho fcutlicrH with 

 HoiiictiriifH wliito liiirs; uikUt jmrtM wliiti' or whitish, strcakeil or spotteil with 

 hiuol< ur l)lu('ki.Hh, the W^h soiiu'tiMies l)anvil witli rutuiiH, i L., l8-a0; W., 

 VZbi)\ 'l'., «uo; B. from N., -Vk 9 L., iiOiJo; \V.. 13-51I; T., yuO. 



Fm. 69.— Four-notched primaries of Red-shouldered Ilawk. (Reduced.) 



Kinxirkx. — .Adults of tliit* spei-ies iiiny nlwny.s he known hythericli rufous 

 IcMser wiiiff-eovertj*. Immature birds are Hoinetimes confused witii tlie young 

 of the Ked-tailed or Broad- winged Ilawkn. From the former tiu^y may be 

 distinguislied by tlieir hmuiII wize, rufous margins of the ie.s.ser wing-eoverts 

 oehraoeous-butf nuirkings on the priuuiries, and the continuously streaked 

 under partjj; from the latter they diftVr in liaving four in.stead of three outer 

 primaries " notclied," in being larger, and in having ochraceous-butf on the 

 primaries. 



yi'a«j/e^— Eastern Norlli America, north to Nova Scotia nnu Manitoba ; resi- 

 dent nearly tliroughout its range. 



Washington, conuuon I*. K. Sing Sing, common I'. K. Cand>ridgo, com- 

 mon I*, li., less conuuon in winter. 



Nest^'in trees, thirty to si.\ty feet from the groimd. Eoos, three to six, 

 dull white, getu'rally more or less spriidiled, spotted, or blotched witii einnu- 

 mon-brown or chocolate, ii'lf) x l-ti5. 



The present species and tlic Red-taileil Ilawk are the birds to which 

 the names Chicken Hawk and Hen Ilawk are most frequently misap- 

 plied. Being both common species whose habits render tliem easily 

 observed, they are often unjustly made to suffer for the sins of tlieir 

 bird-killing rehitives of the genus Acnpifer. 



The farmer sees a Hawk sailing in wide circles above him, uttering 

 its fierce, screaming cry of ket'^-i/on, kee-you. Wliile lie is watching it 

 a sly, low-llying Arcipifcr slips by him and makes a sudden dash into 

 the poultry yard. The farmer does not discriminate; a Hawk is a 

 Ilawk, and, shaking his fist at the bird in the air, he vows vengeance 

 at the first opportunity. 



The Red-shouldered Hawk is at most times of the year a bird of 

 the woods. Particularly does it like low woods watered with small 

 streams from which it can obtain its favorite food of frogs. Its note 

 is one of the common sounds of summer, and can be heard when the 

 bird is almost lost to sight far up in the sky. It is frequently imi- 

 tated by the Blue Jay. 



