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fields as in the woods. It may be easily distinguished from 

 the other large hawks by the bright rufous of its tail, which 

 may have a band of dusky near the tip. 



128. (339.) BuTEG LiNEATUs (Gmel.). 172. 



Red-shouldered Hawk. 



Synonyms: Falco hyemalis, F. lineatus, F. buteodes. 



Red-shouldered Buzzard, Winter Hawk, Chicken Hawk. 

 Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 161, 178. 



In northern Ohio this hawk is the most numerous large 

 hawk, the little Sparrow Hawk alone outnumbering it. It is 

 less common during the winter than during the summer, and 

 may be absent for three or four weeks in the latter part of 

 January and February when the cold is severest. It seems 

 to be much less common, if present at all, in the southern 

 part of the state in summer. I did not see it along the Ohio 

 river in August. It may be known from the other large 

 hawks by the lack of any rufous on the tail and by the mod- 

 erate length of its tail. Its cry is pil ye, pil ye, differing 

 from the cry of the Red-tail, which is a continuous scream. 



There seems to be no evidence that this hawk eats poul- 

 try. Dr. Fisher states that it eats mammals, birds, snakes, 

 frogs, fish, insects, centipeds, spiders, crawfish, earth- 

 worms, and snails. Its food is therefore more varied than 

 that of any other member of this order. It is distinctly 

 beneficial, and if injurious at all so very little so that it may 

 not be counted as cause for the death sentence except on the 

 rarest of occasions. 



The general habits of this hawk resemble those of the 

 Red-tail, but its nest is not placed so high, usually, and it 

 is not quite so wary. 



129. (343.) BuTEG PLATYPTERUS (Vieill.). 173. 



Broad-winged Hawk. 



Synonyms: Buteo pennsylvanicus, Falco pennsylvanicus, F. latis- 

 simus, B. latissimus. 

 Broad-winged Buzzard. 



Kirtland, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 161, 178. 



